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It also says this will only be sold in none-developed markets. It's a way of selling cheap(free) copies of windows in China/India to reduce piracy while still p
by ijntybvrt 18y ago
It also says this will only be sold in none-developed markets. It's a way of selling cheap(free) copies of windows in China/India to reduce piracy while still protecting the market of business customers.
- jdoliner 18y agoOh, I actually hadn't noticed that part. Honestly I think a 3 app limit will anger pirates so much that their propensity to pirate will be just as high as if they didn't have the option for the cheap to free version. Microsoft's methods of price discrimination are less dimwitted than we give them credit for. But I think this one really is as bad as it seems.
- whughes 18y agoThat might apply in a developed environment where piracy is essentially free aside from bandwidth. We're talking a 'buy bootleg CD from the local market' type of piracy, where price competition + some benefits may be a tenable strategy. People aren't pirating out of anger or stinginess - they're pirating because the official discs are a month's salary.