I doubt in the grand scheme of things this is doing anything more then providing basic funding for the center to operate. It's just not enough money for Microsoft to notice on it's spreadsheets but the distribution center surely has a budget beyond pressing DVDs. Building costs, payroll, inventory, etc.
Steven Peck On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You don't want replacement media to be so cheap or so easy to > > obtain that people don't do a reasonable search before they go > > to the trouble of figuring out how to get replacement media. > > Oooo, that's a good point. > > Of course, one could argue Microsoft's going about it all wrong. > They could turn replacement media into a *profit center*. Think of > how many times a customer/friend/family-member/random-stranger has > asked you to fix their computer, and when you ask them for the discs > it came with, all you get is a blank stare. Every one of those could > be Microsoft earning twenty percent! ;-) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
