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Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows
September 29, 2004
Consulting firm reports that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows.
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Thailand to get slimmed-down Windows
June 24, 2004
And the price is svelte, too: The Starter Edition will sell for just a fraction of what XP typically costs.
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Linux tablet PC breaks $1,000 barrier
December 1, 2003
A small PC maker and a Linux distributor team up to offer a tablet-style PC for $999, hundreds of dollars less than similar devices running Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition software.
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Gates: China may not get cheap Windows
July 2, 2004
Microsoft chairman says he's not sure his operating system will be tailored and discounted for China's huge PC market.
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What Linux can learn from Windows
March 11, 2004
CNET News.com's Robert Lemos says the Linux community could paradoxically benefit by taking a page from Microsoft's security playbook.
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Desktop Linux thinks small
September 20, 2004
A new report sees growing opportunity for the open-source operating system to displace Windows in small offices.
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Microsoft denies role in British Linux flop
November 24, 2006
City of Birmingham pulls plug on open-source desktop project, but Redmond says it didn't offer special Windows XP discounts.
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Russia to get budget version of Windows
September 27, 2004
Microsoft effort is designed to wean people off pirated software and the open-source Linux OS.
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Windows for India, others won't run on faster chips
May 12, 2005
Incompatibility appears geared at preventing Windows for emerging markets from supplanting standard versions of Windows XP.
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Microsoft puts end to Windows 98 support
July 11, 2006
The company will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98, Windows ME.
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Microsoft offers cut-rate Windows
February 9, 2004
A low-cost version of Windows XP finds a home in Thai government offices, and the software giant says it may make the software available to other governments.
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Year in review: Operating system strategies
January 11, 2004
Microsoft talked up the Tablet OS and Media Center, while dreaming Longhorn. Meanwhile, Linux moved ahead, despite SCO threats, and Apple unleashed its latest big cat, Panther.
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Microsoft cuts prices for Malaysia
March 2, 2004
Breaking its one-price policy, the company is selling a scaled-down software package as part of a Malaysian government drive to increase computer ownership.
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Microsoft launches 64-bit preview OS
February 4, 2004
Athlon 64 and Opteron computer owners can now get a free look at a new version of Windows XP 64-bit Edition.
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