Comment 204 for bug 1

The main problem is that the reseller gets more profit when the M$ tax is inuse.

The computer business is not a fast growing market in developed world and the reseller aren't going to be compensated by the growing volumes, which in many cases would lead into need to do excess growth on the organization. So when the volume remains constant and the unit price rises the reseller are happier, because it's extra profit with no extra investments.

A workaround to this bug there for include a increasement on unit price, no effect on volumes and thus increasing profit with option on widening the scope of providers. One solution that has these requirments is the service model if it can be introduced into the reseller chanels. In this the customer would buy the installation and the initial subscribtion from the computer reseller and the reseller would be able to collect profit from both of these transactions.

The M$ dominance demonstrates that the bigest incentive is the ability make profit and the ability to provide your own added value comes after that.