> MS has just announced Windows XP. Its pricing is also likely to reflect
> the _current_ exchange rate - in other words it
> just might price itself out of much of the local market.
the thing with software is that there is a very low cost to produce the
physical disks, so MS has a lot of markup to play with in regards to the
RRP... and they don't have to exactly consistent across world markets
with the RRP... just as long as parallel importation of software is
still here (but for how much longer?) they can set the RRP however the
like...
> In this context the open source model could start to look very
> attractive to a lot of people who have not previously
> been involved with Linux..
keep in mind that while the intial software costs might go up, the TCO
might be barely affected because there are a lot of service costs
(admin, training etc.) that aren't affected by currency fluctuations...
my 2 cents
marty
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