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Frances switchted to Linux on 2.5 million PCs

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[-] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That might be the MSRP, but it's not what they were paying.

They're going to have at minimum three different types of "discounts" applied to their price:

  • Volume discount
  • Government discount
  • Tenure discount

If I had to guess, it would knock anywhere from 30% to 60% off MSRP.

this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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