Re: [ossig] Looks like M$ is feeling the heat here as well :-)

["Raja Iskandar Shah" <ris.riscniaga@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

cheaper windows ? yahoo.. at last i can get rid of the win 98. i have 
a few games on that machine that needs to run on windows. never got a 
way to run diablo ii on anything other than windows.

wonder what are the things that they are going to take off from 
windows ? cannot install java / jre ? that will affect mozilla and 
openoffice - which makes sense to m$.

so we will all have to wait for september then i guess.


Raja Iskandar Shah
http://riscniaga.netfirms.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Mukhsein Johari <pythonium@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:51 pm
Subject: [ossig] Looks like M$ is feeling the heat here as well :-)

> Normally I don't include the whole article in my posts
> but this one is short...so what the hell.
> 
> 
> http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?
file=/2004/6/24/latest/17761Microsoft&sec=latest
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> Microsoft plans beginning version of Windows for Asian
> 
> markets
> 
> 
> REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a
> version of its Windows operating system geared toward
> beginning computer users in Thailand and Malaysia
> starting this September.
> 
> The offering, dubbed Windows XP Starter Edition, will
> be part of government-sponsored programs aimed at
> providing more affordable personal computers in those
> countries.
> 
> The system won't have all the functions of Windows XP
> offered in the United States, but it will have new
> features tailored to first-time users, Microsoft
> spokeswoman Heidi Reys said.
> 
> She said the starter edition will have many of the
> typical Windows features, such as Internet Explorer
> and Windows Media Player, but the company would not
> provide details of what the system will lack.
> 
> Microsoft has previously offered steep discounts on
> its existing Windows system, without English-language
> support, as part of the same government programs. That
> was an interim offering until the new, more tailored
> products could be developed, spokeswoman Alex Mercer
> said.
> 
> The efforts come as Microsoft faces increasing
> competition from cheaper rivals -- such as those based
> on "open source'' Linux technology -- in developing
> markets. -AP
> 
> 
> 
> 
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