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From: Paul Womar
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:00

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Dave G Smith <news@pict.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> If you think about it though, it's not really the case. Up until now
> Windows users have never really had to pay for it. So does that mean when I
> bought my macs I was subsidising all those Wintel video junkies?

Yes.
 
> Of course not.

Oh.  So how were windows user paying Apple then?

> QT has been the equivalent of a supermarket's loss leader. Designed to
> attract customers to the Apple brand. Now Apple are trying to turn that
> attraction into an earner. QT has become a de facto standard. Why should
> all that effort go unrewarded?

I didn't say it shouldn't.
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