Here's How Much Those 'Free' Windows Licenses Actually Cost

It's no secret that Microsoft is practically giving Windows 8.1 licenses away to tablet vendors in order to drive adoption, but now we know exactly how much the company makes.
According to a document on Microsoft's OEM Partner Center site, discovered by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, the price of Windows 8.1 with Bing on 9-inch or smaller tablets is $0. (Microsoft avoids using the term “free,” and the site lists the actual price as $10, minus a $10 “configuration discount.”)To read this