Windows Lite for Russia
p2pnet.net News:- Russia is scheduled to be the recipient of a cheap Windows as part of Microsoft’s attempt to lure customers away from Linux – not to speak of pirated software.
“The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant will also announce later in the week that it will bring a version of Windows XP Starter Edition, a relatively inexpensive and slimmed down version of Windows, to a fourth, as-yet-unidentified, Asian country, bringing the total number of countries in the program to five,” says CNET News, going on:
“Windows XP Starter Edition is Microsoft’s attempt to gain more customers in the developing nations, the fastest growing markets in the world. The OS differs from regular Windows in a number of respects. Users can run only three programs on the operating system at once, for instance, and home networking has been deleted. It also comes preloaded only on authorized PCs. Microsoft does not sell the software separately in stores.”
The so-called Starter Edition costs about $36 “according to sources,” less than the $70 or more PC makers pay for Windows XP, states CNET.
A Windows Lite would have a lot of appeal for a lot of people.
One wonders how long it’ll be before it becomes a pirate app.
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See:-
lure customers – Foil Linux, attack piracy, p2pnet, July 30, 2004
slimmed down – Russia gets budget version of Windows, CNETÂ News, September 28, 2004
