http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/02/another-misstep-for-microsoft Comments for "Another Misstep for Microsoft?" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/02/another-misstep-for-microsoft <img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/image/view/2347" style="width: 231px; height: 61px;" />Over the weekend, Microsoft <a target="_blank" href="http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,108858,00.html?source=x10 ">posted information</a> about the six editions of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/">Windows Vista</a> it plans to offer -- only to remove the information from its Web site a day later, saying it has yet to make a final decision. Interestingly, one of these editions appears to be a more limited version aimed at developing countries. <br /><br />This wouldn't be Microsoft's first foray into BOP markets. In 2004, the company released it's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-11WinXPStarterPilotPR.mspx">Windows XP Starter Edition</a>, a stripped-down version of its OS that was initially installed on PCs shipped to Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and then later to Brazil, India and Mexico. <br /><br />Although at first reluctant to distribute a cheaper version of Windows, Microsoft's hand was forced when the government of Thailand's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/32110.html ">Peoples PC</a><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/02/another-misstep-for-microsoft">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/03/02/another-misstep-for-microsoft#comment Telecommunications and IT Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:45:30 -0500 John Paul 2348 at http://www.nextbillion.net