Microsoft to remove WPA and sell XP for $36

[NewsHound]

I came across this article...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11058

***Quote
Microsoft agrees to remove XP activation, slashes price to
bone.

Thai up means Office bundled for $35


By INQUIRER staff: Friday 15 August 2003, 12:07

WE DIDN'T HAVE time yesterday to write up an interesting
little report in the Wall Street Journal, but it's
definitely worth noting.

In order to compete with the Thai government's plan to
sell a million cheapo Linux PCs, which we covered earlier,
Microsoft did some fancy footwork on pricing. And on
activation.

According to the Journal, Microsoft said it would sell
WIndows XP and Office at a piffling $36 a PC.

And Microsoft also agreed to make specific Thai versions
of Windows XP, IE and the Media Player.

But here's the real stunner, aside from the price. The
Vole also removed the need for product activation for
Windows XP in Thailand, at the government's request.

So what gives?

If it can do all these marvellous things in Thailand, why
not anywhere else on our planet? As Windows XP forms a
particularly large item in a PC's bill of materials,
resellers everywhere would certainly welcome this one.
***End quote (Article copyrighted by TheInquirer.net)

So why can't they do that for the US?

WPA has already been bypassed. It hasn't effected the
warez crowd any at all. All it does is get in the way of
legit people.

Just the other week I was playing with several hardware
items (several tv capture cards and sound cards, etc.),
buying them, trying them, not liking them, and returning
them. And windows wanted to re-activate several times.

Rather than beg microsoft to reactivate me yet again,
fortunately I had used a drive backup program, so I was
able to just restore from the image, making Wxp forget
about all the other changes I had tried.

So, again... If microsoft can do this for Thailand, why
can't they do this for the US? Both in pricing and in
removing the cracked WPA?

 

[Jim Macklin]

I think sex with 12 year old girls for hire is legal in
Thailand, at least it is common. What happens over there
and the value of the money does not mean it is transportable
to other countries.

MS can write programs for Thailand that will only work in
Thailand area codes or ISPs. They can remove WPA because it
will be locked to Thailand computers.

Why do so many hate MS when without MS there would be no
world-wide computer networks because the other pioneers in
computers wanted a proprietary monopoly (Apple) and that was
designed to keep prices high.

You can buy a PC system with Windows for $500, and because
of that you can buy the PC hardware for $400 and put Linux
on for free or $100 if you buy a CD at retail.

You can buy an Apple/Mac for more money... it is only
recently that Mac has decided there is more money in volume
and reduced their prices. And that is only because they
have to compete with MS powered PC clones.


| This is the clearest evidence yet that MS is a monopoly.
| When faced with true competition in a new market, MS
| competitively prices its product. Huh Bill, too bad you
| can't get your 85% margin there?
| >-----Original Message-----
| >I came across this article...
| >
| >http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=11058
| >
| >***Quote
| >Microsoft agrees to remove XP activation, slashes price
to
| >bone.
| >
| >Thai up means Office bundled for $35
| >
| >
| >By INQUIRER staff: Friday 15 August 2003, 12:07
| >
| >WE DIDN'T HAVE time yesterday to write up an interesting
| >little report in the Wall Street Journal, but it's
| >definitely worth noting.
| >
| >In order to compete with the Thai government's plan to
| >sell a million cheapo Linux PCs, which we covered
earlier,
| >Microsoft did some fancy footwork on pricing. And on
| >activation.
| >
| >According to the Journal, Microsoft said it would sell
| >WIndows XP and Office at a piffling $36 a PC.
| >
| >And Microsoft also agreed to make specific Thai versions
| >of Windows XP, IE and the Media Player.
| >
| >But here's the real stunner, aside from the price. The
| >Vole also removed the need for product activation for
| >Windows XP in Thailand, at the government's request.
| >
| >So what gives?
| >
| >If it can do all these marvellous things in Thailand, why
| >not anywhere else on our planet? As Windows XP forms a
| >particularly large item in a PC's bill of materials,
| >resellers everywhere would certainly welcome this one.
| >***End quote (Article copyrighted by TheInquirer.net)
| >
| >So why can't they do that for the US?
| >
| >WPA has already been bypassed. It hasn't effected the
| >warez crowd any at all. All it does is get in the way of
| >legit people.
| >
| >Just the other week I was playing with several hardware
| >items (several tv capture cards and sound cards, etc.),
| >buying them, trying them, not liking them, and returning
| >them. And windows wanted to re-activate several times.
| >
| >Rather than beg microsoft to reactivate me yet again,
| >fortunately I had used a drive backup program, so I was
| >able to just restore from the image, making Wxp forget
| >about all the other changes I had tried.
| >
| >So, again... If microsoft can do this for Thailand, why
| >can't they do this for the US? Both in pricing and in
| >removing the cracked WPA?
| >
| >
| >.
| >

 

[David Candy]

Cause it's not bloody legal in Thailand you racist pig.

 

[David Candy]

To think that thais are some uncivilised race that supports prostituting 12 yo is bizarre.

I think sex with 12 year olds is legal in America, so long as you believe in God. That's because they haven't normal morals like people like us. I base this on news reports of thoose professional victims looking for a windfall, the american public, sueing mainly catholics priests and bishops. Those catholics are as sick as those yankee perverts. But still catholics and yankees aren't advanced like us WASPs.

Get the picture?

 

[Mr. C]

I didn't know MS sanctioned MVPs insulting people who were
supporting MS business practices.

He's not an MVP.