Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Microsoft prices go down in Africa
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> | The price of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 productivity suite
> | has been slashed by up to 40 percent in an effort to ensure that
> | technology is made easily accessible and affordable to people across
> | Africa.
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> http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=4&aid=35&dir=2008/August/Thursday28
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> The article does not mention the real reason: SaaS and Free software.
> Microsoft cannot dump forever though. The margins run thin.
There isn't enough micoshaft engineers to repair the windummy OSen.
So micoshaft's grand plan is to dump as many copies on to unsuspecting
public with defective products.
Governments and politiciansare asleep as usual.
In the Phillippenes Micoshaft lost a straight muscle contest.
No matter how low they pitched their OS and office product combo
Linux came in cheaper with its Open Office combo.
30,000 seats.
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