InfoWorld - San Mateo,CA,USA

By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, 
Microsoft plans to ...

<http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>
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In article <f444cbe9af8c7f7eb6104834455aae30@news.1usenet.com> (Thu, 29
Jul 2004 23:16:09 +0000), +iAn wrote:

> 
> InfoWorld - San Mateo,CA,USA
> 
> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, 
> Microsoft plans to ...

.... admit publicly that its management is incapable of designing,
implementing, or testing software.  Gates and Blammer hope to delay
collapse of their monopoly powers by "off-shoring".

> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

-- 
"With apparently no other [legitimate business] prospects, SCO shifted
 its business model yet again--this time to litigation and threats of
 litigation..."
-- IBM's Counterclaim against The SCO Group [SCOX].

+iAn wrote:

> 
> InfoWorld - San Mateo,CA,USA
> 
> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets,
> Microsoft plans to ...
> 
> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

These infoworld reporters seem a bit nasty.
Why can't they point out that GNU/Linux penetration
is helping to reduce piracy?

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:16:09 +0000, +iAn wrote:

> 
> InfoWorld - San Mateo,CA,USA
> 
> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, 
> Microsoft plans to ...
> 
> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

.... more proof that micro$oft's monopoly power has kept prices
artificially high for years.
-- 
Rick

what does cut-down mean? - does it mean lean, unbloated, fast etc.

in which case they could charge MORE for it!

kev


+iAn wrote:

> 
> InfoWorld - San Mateo,CA,USA
> 
> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets,
> Microsoft plans to ...
> 
> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from +iAn:

> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, 
> Microsoft plans to ...
>
> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

   "Windows XP Starter Edition is a version of the operating system designed
   for a specific market that is easy to use, support and sell, Will Poole,
   senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Client group said in a
   presentation at the company's annual financial analyst meeting here."

What?!?!?  Windows XP Home isn't crippled enough?!??!?

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Power as in empowerment

Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from kev:

> what does cut-down mean? - does it mean lean, unbloated, fast etc.

That would be a very delicious irony, wouldn't it?!

> in which case they could charge MORE for it!
>> 
>> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
>> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets,
>> Microsoft plans to ...
>> 
>> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>

-- 
Free as in freedom
Power as in empowerment

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Lin�nut
<lin�nut@bone.com>
 wrote
on Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:48:47 -0500
<DOqdnW8butYizJfcRVn-sw@comcast.com>:
> Error BR-549: MS DRM 1.0 rejects the following post from +iAn:
>
>> By Joris Evers, IDG News Service. REDMOND, WASHINGTON - Aiming to foil
>> the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, 
>> Microsoft plans to ...
>>
>> <http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/07/29/HNcheapwindows_1.html>
>
>    "Windows XP Starter Edition is a version of the operating system designed
>    for a specific market that is easy to use, support and sell, Will Poole,
>    senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Client group said in a
>    presentation at the company's annual financial analyst meeting here."
>
> What?!?!?  Windows XP Home isn't crippled enough?!??!?
>

Ah, but here's the beauty of this strategy.  The less that's put
on the system when it walks out the door, the more that has to
be downloaded later directly from you-know-who, and the more
Microsoft might be able to glean regarding the downloader's
desires, habits, preferences, etc.  After all, they presumably
can cross-key the downloads using the XP Serial Number through
Passport.

ObHehHehHeh:  HehHehHeh.

But don't worry.  Microsoft won't use it for anything evil.

-- 
#191, ewill3@earthlink.net
It's still legal to go .sigless.