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   Andy Fraser to Montgomery BOO...URNS   
   Re: Microsoft is panicking... GOOD!!!   
   19 Oct 04 14:38:13   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.linux, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: andyfraser31@hotmail.com   
      
   Montgomery BOO...URNS wrote:   
      
   Followup-To set to alt.comp.linux.   
      
   > I found this article about a new version of Windows XP that will be   
   > cheaper   
   > and will be sold overseas.  This is due to the rising demand for the less   
   > expensive utilization of Linux.  In other words, Microsoft is in a panic!!   
   >   
   > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3554084.stm   
      
   Do MS really think that releasing a cheaper, very crippled version of XP   
   will entice people away from an even cheaper, uncrippled Linux distro? It   
   certainly looks like panicing to me.   
      
   --   
   Andy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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