I found it difficult to find discounts on retail copies of Windows XP. Most online resellers charge close to the same price as Microsoft does, which seems unrealistically high. Consumers are used to finding bargains through web-based comparison shopping services. The discounts they see match the values they perceive when they look through the Sunday PC ads. The trouble is, many of those copies are pirated or otherwise less than legal, which means they're more likely to fail the Windows Genuine Advantage validation sometime in the not-so-distant future and have to pay even more.
High retail prices discourage upgrades. I don't think so. There's no family value. Of course, Apple has it easier than Microsoft, because they sell a copy of the base OS with every new computer no resellers and then have a captive audience for upgrades. But still, the price is right and the value of a five-pack license is unmistakable. Back in my college days, I took Econ , and I've never forgotten the classic price-demand curve. Lowering the price usually makes customers happier.
Sometimes, it makes companies more money too. Maybe someone in Redmond needs to crack those old textbooks and start slashing prices. Developers are in short supply. Here are the skills and programming languages employers need. Time for a Linux smartphone?
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They were sitting there thinking 'What happens when the machine breaks? The project at Munich will be split into two phases, the first will assess the work needed and the second will carry it out.
Work got underway at the end of last year and is expected to be complete by the end of September Munich City Council became famous for undertaking one of the largest shifts away from Microsoft software in the world.
The length of the project was extended by an overhaul of the city's IT infrastructure that Munich felt was necessary to complete the work.
More than 15, staff were switched away from Microsoft software, with XP and kept for the handful of applications that were considered too costly or complicated to move. The council has also commissioned an independent review of its IT infrastructure, which will consider which operating systems and software packages would provide the best value for money. The review's findings are expected to be published in the second half of this year. The victory gate in Munich.
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