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The Consumer Memo, 7/31: Microsoft raising Windows 7 prices
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| Microsoft Corp. will raise some Windows operating system prices in emerging
| markets, reversing an experiment that cut prices to combat piracy, Chief
| Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
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http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/3104
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than
when there's not."
-Bill Gates
Recent:
Price fixing.
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| Who in their right mind will purchase Windows 7 at these prices?
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| The answer is of course is that Windows will not be sold at that price.
| Instead Microsoft will use its OEM monopoly control to fix prices so that it
| is priced to undercut competitors in any area they make an inroad by offering
| low OEM prices with conditions attached such as hardware spec. price etc. and
| offering rebates so that OEMs effectively are paid by Microsoft to keep
| competitors off preloaded systems. They are doing exactly this on netbooks
| and nettops right now, and there is a long suspicion that the reluctance of
| the likes of Dell and HP to advertise or aggressively sell Linux PCs and
| laptops that are preloaded with Linux in the past is due to such market
| manipulation.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-01-005-35-OP-MS-0000
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