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		epsylon on Oct 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Says New OS X ‘Mavericks’ Will Be Offered fo... > Microsoft makes no money by giving away Windows 8.1 for free to consumers. Of course they make money from it. That's very naive of you to think that they don't.

astrodust on Oct 22, 2013 [–]

I'm sure with Bing they make at least $0.25 a year per user.

Tyrannosaurs on Oct 23, 2013 | [–]

And with the number of users Bing has that's literally tens of dollars each and every year.

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