MS are also introducing a PAYG system in Brazil I understand, in order to tackle piracy. Something like $30 a quarter, although I'm not sure we're talking US $ - bound to be something on the Register about it...
Pete On 23/08/07, Phil Bull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > Hope work's going well. > > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 10:19 +0100, Matthew Larsen wrote: > > Well thats the biggest threat to linux: If Microsoft charged > > reasonable licenses for their software (ie £20 for Vista Ultimate), > > FOSS would be blown out of the water. > > I really have to disagree on that point. In my experience, very few > people use Ubuntu because it's free. It is a factor, of course - it > makes it easier for people to try it out, and people aren't worried > about being out-of-pocket if they don't like what they see. But it's > almost never the real reason that they switched. > > Most of the people I know who have switched to Ubuntu have done so > because of the better security and speed improvement. These people were > sick to the back teeth of having to deal with viruses and spyware, and > were victims of the usual Windows slowdown which kicks in a few months > after installation. Having a cheaper Vista license doesn't solve either > of these problems. > > Thanks, > > Phil > > -- > Phil Bull > http://www.launchpad.net/people/philbull > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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