[Tyrannosaurs]

That's not what Comet are saying. They're providing them as recovery CDs to people purchasing machines with Windows installed.

That said there is a question whether they were providing them free or at a cost.

[awa]

According to another article Comet did charge for these CDs

"There was a number of disks made, on which there was a cost and Comet charged this to the customer."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/04/us-microsoft-idUST...