microsoft: clueless
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005One of these days microsoft will figure it out: their Windows desktop operating systems are now a commodity. In the news today is the announcement that Microsoft has released Windows XP Starter Edition, which is a stripped-down, limited-capability version of Windows XP. Why would anyone ever pay for this trash, when you can get the full Windows XP for free via pirating? Or you could get a fully-featured Linux distribution with more software than you could ever get with Windows? I see no reason why anyone in a developing country would ever shell out any money for that. I think the days are numbered for Microsoft riding the Windows cash cow. My prediction is that for their next OS after Longhorn, they’ll be giving it away for free, and that Office will be included for free as well.
Or maybe this is just a smokescreen to say that they tried?
