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On Thursday 15 May 2008, Justin wrote: |
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> Didn't they made a low cost version for the far east market? Perhaps |
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> they saved the money by reducing such things!? |
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> I think Mick's explanation is plausible. |
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The released a low-cost, cut-down, crippled version for places where |
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piracy was rampant. I think it was priced as low as USD 2-3, but the |
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actual price was based on what the local market could "afford" (ie it had |
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to be competitive with pirate copies). This crippled version of Windows |
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only allowed the simultaneous "running" of 2 or 3 applications. |
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Crayon |
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