While browsing through various articles, I could not find the information about what kind of copies where sold. Were these “normal” copies, when a customer buys CDs, or these were OEM copies sold to manufacturers which FORCED their customers to buy it. It’s a big difference, since I know a plenty of people (even non technical) who bought a new computer and after a few days or weeks have installed XP for the sake of stability and performance.
So if someone has a link to the REAL information, I’d be glad to read it.