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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. TAGS: desktop Linux, Linux PC, installed base, Linux, Gartner Inc., copy, consulting company, consulting, Asia, PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., operating system

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. TAGS: Thailand, Microsoft Windows XP, open-source software, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., PC

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. TAGS: tablet, Lycoris, Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC, tablet PC, VIA Technologies Inc., Linux company, Linux, touch screen, barrier, PC company, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Thailand, China, factor, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, chairman, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: Nimda worm, service pack, Linux, MSBlast worm, security, Microsoft Windows XP, firewall, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: small business, desktop Linux, Linux, desktop computer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: council, discount, authority, open source, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Microsoft Windows XP, PC company, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Intel, PC

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. TAGS: India, PC company, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, public relations, emerging market, Intel Pentium 4, Microsoft Windows XP, AMD, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Intel Pentium, Linux, Intel

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. TAGS: Michael Silver, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Linux, school, fix, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, PC

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. TAGS: policy, productivity suite, Microsoft Office XP, government, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Office, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows XP, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

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. TAGS: Media Center PC, Panther, Microsoft Longhorn, SCO Group Inc., Linux, tablet, Apple Power Mac, operating system, Apple iMac, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Computer, Unix, programming, Apple Mac OS X, open source

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. TAGS: Malaysia, Thailand, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Gartner Inc., government, software package, pricing, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., open source, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Linux, PC

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. TAGS: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, 64-bit, AMD Athlon, Extended Systems, AMD, 32-bit, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, IBM Corp., notebook computer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, server, HP, Microsoft Windows
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