Microsoft is getting ready to release a cheap, easy-to-use version of Windows XP for developing markets.
Windows XP Starter Edition–an inexpensive version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system that does not contain as many features as the standard version–will begin shipping on PCs in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia in October, said Maggie Wilderotter, senior vice president for the worldwide public sector at Microsoft. The Redmond, Wash.-based software vendor is also working out the details of getting a starter version of Windows XP into two other countries, Wilderotter said. She declined to identify the countries but in a previous interview discussed Microsoft’s initiatives in Brazil and Russia as well as in Jordan, which in five years has seen its information technology industry expand from $20 million to $400 million in annual revenue.
Source: ZDNet
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