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

[Poh Yang Ming <pohyg@xxxxxxxxx>]

i m still getting more information on it at the
moment. But i think development tools on it is not as
rich as what we hv with most linux distro. it seems to
aim more towards first time WXP users...

hmmm....

cheers

--- Raja Iskandar Shah <ris.riscniaga@time.net.my>
wrote:
> 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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