jjwassermann@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Feb 22, 11:45 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Vista price petition pops up on Government site
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>> | The petiton claims that, in the UK, a "full copy of Vista Ultimate
>> | would cost you Â350, in the US it would cost you Â195. The US
>> | version of Vista is exactly the same as the UK version. There
>> | is no difference".
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>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37788
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Bill Gates Blunder on Vista Pricing
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>> | If you watched the above video you will recall that bill gates
>> | said that british consumers will not be paying more than US
>> | customers, and that any price difference is merely due to
>> | differences in exchange rate.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.digitalpunks.co.uk/fullnews/35/Bill-Gates-Blunder-on-Vista...
>
> Nobody really cares.
Consumers in the UK are being kept deliberately in the dark about this. MS
UK appear to be using the motto "what the eye doesn't see........"
Here is an extract from a reply I got from MS UK on this subject from one
Clint McCarthy of the Microsoft Response Management Team UK :
"The pricing model was developed using careful evaluation of the required
infrastructure, associated costs and industry standard pricing
models.ÂPurchase prices are consistent and fair within geographic bands and
calculated using GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita."
As a Management Accountant that is COMPLETE TOSH AND TRIPE. Never, in my
wide range of experience in many different ectors have I come across the
use of "GDP per Capita" in pricing calculations, and anyway, that's a great
own goal, as the UK GDP per capita is LESS than that of the USA. In other
words, MS UK is ripping the UK consumers off yet again....
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