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____/ AZ Nomad on Sunday 11 May 2008 05:33 : \____
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 21:36:25 -0500, Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>><http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware/laptops/news/
>>index.cfm?newsid=9006>
>
>>"Microsoft plans to charge PC makers US$26 (£13) for Windows XP Home
>>Edition for ULPCs sold in emerging markets such as China and India, and
>>$32(£16) for those sold in developed markets, the documents show."
>
>>How is this not dumping?
>
> they're more like the tactics of a drug dealer
"A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline."
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From http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
When your ship gets holey, you could grab a bucket and try to empty the water,
but sooner or later the number of holes will be too great to keep up with.
Free software keeps evolving (KDE 4.0, Firefox 3.0, etc). What is Microsoft
buying itself time for? The chiefs of the companies left last year or early
this year. All the company's savings (almost) are gone, sales of Windows are
down 24%, and in the past 3 months alone the value of the company sank by $30
billion while the brand value took a dive like no other brand. Additionally,
as a place to work in, Microsoft sank very badly last year (again, like no
other company).
The only people who tell you that Microsoft is doing well are the
figure-masseurs, the Munchkins and the ecosystem that would do anything to
avoid the fall of Microsoft (forcing them to learn and evolve to *NIX).
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~~ Best of wishes
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