[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
As you may know, Google is close to making a deal with Dell in
which the search giant will get to preinstall its software package
on Dell PCs. What you may not know is that Google may be spending a
billion dollars over three years for the privilege.“For cash-rich Google, it’s a cheap price to pay to cut
Microsoft off at the knees by getting pride of place on about 33
percent on all new US desktops…”