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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: sime on 25 June 2004, 15:25

Title: Microsoft's XP 'Starter Edition' Targets Linux in Thailand
Post by: sime on 25 June 2004, 15:25

Quick drop the price Bill or that bloody penguin will nail us.

... http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/34733.html (http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/34733.html)

Suck it up Bill!

Later

Sime

Title: Microsoft's XP 'Starter Edition' Targets Linux in Thailand
Post by: M51DPS on 25 June 2004, 23:03

Okay, they're offering a cheaper windows, but how exactly do you offer something that is cheaper than free?

Title: Microsoft's XP 'Starter Edition' Targets Linux in Thailand
Post by: solarismka on 26 June 2004, 07:40

cheep is one thing, quality is another.  Even if windows is free (see pireted copies) who would want it?

Title: Microsoft's XP 'Starter Edition' Targets Linux in Thailand
Post by: Orethrius on 26 June 2004, 07:47

Yet in two years, when Windows has reached the "free" status that Cue:Cat once had at Radio Shack (see also: $0 purchase), whose source will be open to inspection by prying eyes, and whose will still be a mystery to all but the key players in the Microsoft cartel?  Despite Microsoft's attempts to obfuscate the matter, this isn't simply an issue of "free beer" here; it's an issue of "freedom to innovate" and "freedom to investigate."

Edit: ...but expect them to milk the "free beer" angle for all it's worth.  I half-expect to see them team up with Bawls Guarana for Windows FVWSI (Final Verson We Swear It) : Wired Edition.

[ June 25, 2004: Message edited by: Midnight Candidate ]

Title: Microsoft's XP 'Starter Edition' Targets Linux in Thailand
Post by: Paladin9 on 26 June 2004, 10:51

All versions of win xp should be called Windows XP "Ass" Edition.