__/ [ Kelsey Bjarnason ] on Monday 25 September 2006 02:03 \__
> [snips]
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> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:19:27 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> company (think printers and ink cartridges). Regardless, Microsoft
>> continues to boast software donations, among other things.
>
> Just checked. XP Home, SP2, retail, is being offered for $249.99 Cdn at
> one popular retailer.
>
> Actual cost, between CD blank, paper, box, printing, the rest, is perhaps
> a buck to produce.
>
> Shipping 50,000 of these, complete boxed sets, as "donations", would cost
> $50g (plus shipping) yet count as $12.5 million in donated dollars.
>
> Where else can you get 250:1 "returns" - spending $1 to get the
> recognition (and presumably tax breaks) of $250?
>
> Plus, of course, having another 50,000 people tied to the upgrade and "pay
> me" cycle.
Precisely. And OS, on the other hand, does not have these initial costs, nor
will it 'milk' money out of the users.
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