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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Prices Unsustainable, New Business Models Sought

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Microsoft in China
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| So perhaps a question that might be worth asking is if Windows and Office 
>| only costs $3 in China, how sustainable are it's prices in other markets? 
> `----
> 
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/07/microsoft_in_ch.html

This is about simple business economics.  If you can get US$3.00 for a
copy of windows in China, it's more than you get for a copy of Linux, or
an illegitimate copy of Windows.

The real question is how long before it's recognised that Linux, free,
is better than $3.00 for Windows.

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