As it did on the retail side, Microsoft plans to charge PC makers the same for the business version of Windows 7, while cutting the price of Windows 7 Home premium as compared to its predecessor, a top Windows executive told CNET News on Thursday.

Microsoft's pricing plans for Windows 7 has been the source of considerable tension between the PC makers and the software maker, both of which are trying to grapple with both declining demand and falling prices for traditional PCs.

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