http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070806/microsoft-slashes-vista-price-in-china/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070806/microsoft-slashes-vista-price-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-310399 Neagle Tue, 07 Aug 2007 10:03:31 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20070806/microsoft-slashes-vista-price-in-china/#comment-310399 All this is Microsoft's piss poor attempt to attempt to stop the wave of growing users of open source software outside the US. It has nothing to do with social responsibility at all. Microsoft fears loosing it's chock hold on global market and it's eventual repercussions on the US market, it's bread and butter. Bottom line, there is a better product on the market and it is low or even no cost and the hardware industry is starting to catch on that there pence that they pay to Microsoft for being "compatible" is complete BS. All this is Microsoft’s piss poor attempt to attempt to stop the wave of growing users of open source software outside the US. It has nothing to do with social responsibility at all. Microsoft fears loosing it’s chock hold on global market and it’s eventual repercussions on the US market, it’s bread and butter. Bottom line, there is a better product on the market and it is low or even no cost and the hardware industry is starting to catch on that there pence that they pay to Microsoft for being “compatible” is complete BS.

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