Five Countries To Get Cheap Windows XP

edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
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

Comments

  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited August 2004
    Hey I thought that windows wasn't modular and they couldn't remove components ;).
  • SiC
    edited August 2004
    Who knows they are just trying to push a lower class of windows than it already is, and trying to give it away dirt cheap
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited August 2004
    Low prices could help combat piracy, Wilderotter added. Unlike people who buy pirated software, Starter Edition customers can get patches and updates. Similarly, a cheap version of Windows could lessen the attractiveness of the Linux open-source operating system.

    Although they bury it lower in teh story, that is just as important a reason for this initiative. The Asian market is rife with piracy, so by making it cheaper, they can at least get some income rather than no income.

    Dexter...
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