Pete Theisen wrote: > On Monday 30 July 2007 09:09, Kevin Cully wrote: > >> >From the article, it looks like the Chinese government is going M$. The >> >> population at large is "free" to choose. (Ironic message on purpose.) >> Of course $3 for a Windows+Office is a huge student discount >> > > Hi Kevin! > > How many million will be sold at $3? How much is the cost of production? > M$ will make out of this royally, to be sure. They're not going to lose money on this, but gain, and perhaps while not huge numbers at first, it's just like the drug dealer analogy---the users will be "hooked" on their products and hence the future revenues will follow, keeping them the richest company in the world. Even the biggest ABMs must concede that point. (Yes, that's bait for discussion to counter that...)
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