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MS dropping prices abroad to compete with Linux, maybe they can be made to do it in the US too?
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They could do with an XP-Lite elsewhere too:
o Less bloat o Less tartiness & a bit more efficiency o Far less price - great for 2nd/3rd PC re NAS/etc Still, Linux is very attractive for NAS & 2nd/3rd PC applications even for windows die-hards - even OEM XP-Pro is over £100. Linux could do with installers that go beyond just the general O/S: o Auto webadmin install o Auto NAS install o Auto SOHO file server install (Samba) Vis., right through to vertical applications & web interfaces. Currently Linux is still for newbies a bit too much "autoexec.bat config", but the market for it's *stability* in medical practice & NAS is clear. Medical practice applications cost the West a fortune, aren't very stable, have huge resource needs re processor & O/S cost - Linux could be ideal. Microsoft fear one thing - critical mass: o It's one thing for Linux to compete - it's an O/S o However, if Linux becomes an true installed base - it's deadly If major applications get ported to Linux, so friction for others to drops: o Sure, there's OpenOffice & GIMP o However, they are not quite Office-XP & Photoshop 7 etc So not only does Linux undermine Windows sales, but a long list of some very expensive software from Microsoft to Adobe. Software that a lot of the West is fed up paying for, and East increasingly will not want to either. -- Dorothy Bradbury www.stores.ebay.co.uk/panaflofan for quiet fans, books & other items http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy...ry/panaflo.htm (Direct) |
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Dorothy Bradbury wrote:
Linux could do with installers that go beyond just the general O/S: o Auto webadmin install o Auto NAS install o Auto SOHO file server install (Samba) All of those have been done to death. I'm not keen on it, but I am a die-hard /etc addict so go figure. Cheers, Rupert |
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Dorothy Bradbury wrote:
They could do with an XP-Lite elsewhere too: o Less bloat o Less tartiness & a bit more efficiency o Far less price - great for 2nd/3rd PC re NAS/etc I think you misundersand the situation. Namely, different price in developing coutries is supposed to target the completely ridiculus disproportion between the OS price and salary. For example, in Ukraine (same as Tailand, which this new pricing is targeting) average monthly income is 100$. So, how the hell can anybody purchase a legal version of Windows for 100$? This is absurd. So, the price competition here is not agains Linux but agains pirated Windows, widely available for 1-2$ per CD. You have to make a reasonable price before you can start talking about piracy. Being a mass-market product (like bread), I would say it should keep same price proportion to average income as say in US. And that is what they are moving towards. However, dont' expect this to affect western prices in any way. Regards, Evgenij -- __________________________________________________ *science&fiction*free programs*fine art*phylosophy: http://sudy_zhenja.tripod.com ----------remove hate_spam to answer-------------- |
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I think you misundersand the situation. Namely, different price in
developing coutries is supposed to target the completely ridiculus disproportion between the OS price and salary. Yes I know - I said they could do with an XP-Lite elsewhere too. o East - yes MSFT priced themselves out of much of it o West - MSFT is pricing themselves out of many 2nd or 3rd PCs Three PCs are a lot of cost when it comes to u/g O/S. When you u/g a microsoft O/S, a lot of s/w often breaks too and that is a secondary round of upgrades which for many is a "bug fix". -- DB. |
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