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Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond (ComputerWorld)

Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond (ComputerWorld)

Posted May 22, 2009 17:36 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond (ComputerWorld) by mchehab
Parent article: Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond (ComputerWorld)

Microsoft adapted to the competition in the netbook market by severely cutting their prices. They can compete successfully, yes, but only by accepting a lot less per copy of Windows. Their old pricing structure, where they charged OEMs $50 or more per machine, simply isn't sustainable when the hardware costs the OEM less than $50.

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Ex-Microsoftie: Free Software Will Kill Redmond (ComputerWorld)

Posted May 25, 2009 18:26 UTC (Mon) by bfields (subscriber, #19510) [Link]

There will eventually be an unbelievable number of those $50 devices sold, though, so the smaller license fees could still add up....


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