Microsoft Announces 'XP Lite' System By ALISA TANG, Associated Press Writer - 08/11/04BANGKOK, Thailand - Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that it will offer a low-cost, stripped down edition of its Windows XP operating system in Asia starting in October, as it strives to fortify market share against erosion from the open-source Linux system and software piracy. Article at Yahoo Newsand thanks to Cudni more at BBC News
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 |  |  keith2468Premium,MVM
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Winnipeg, MB | Re: -Microsoft's Third World Donation- Naw, the lack of security fixes for W98 isn't because it is so secure -- it is because it is security is no longer being upgraded for it except if a dire circumstance occurs.
Microsoft can't ship off old unsupported software and give it away. Not to Asia, not to Africa, not to Antartcia. Not for networked computers anyway.
Even if Americans didn't care about the folks there, consider the open spam relays they'd be creating and the effect that would have here.
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Minneapolis, MN | This is a retartded approach by MS Networking is VERY limited, can't do home networking nor sharing printers over the network. Can only run 'three programs concurrently' and max. resolution is 800x600. So let me get this straight. You can get linux free with none of these limitations or you can PAY for a crippled version of XP. Hmmmmm, that is a though decision.
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Winnipeg, MB | Re: This is a retartded approach by MS Linux is only free to download.
The support isn't free. You pay with your time. | |
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Gallifrey | That isn't 'crippled', it's as useful as a screen door on a submarine!
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| keith2468Premium,MVM
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2 edits | Looks like a boondoggle on consumers Initially I thought it was a good idea, but after reading here
»www.microsoft.com/presspass/pres···otPR.asp
I think it *sounds* like a boondoggle on Asian consumers.
Still, Microsoft has to react to Linux in the region, it has to do something. | |
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