Comments on: Microsoft Windows XP Starter Edition for India http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/microsoft-windows-xp-starter-edition-for-india/ Technology, Blogging, New Media and Web 2.0 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:17:43 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: FSHero http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/microsoft-windows-xp-starter-edition-for-india/comment-page-1/#comment-387064 FSHero Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:17:31 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/16/microsoft-windows-xp-starter-edition-for-india/#comment-387064 Personally, I think people should use GNU/Linux. I don't know what Microsoft is playing at when Linux distros e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, offer full functionality for _free_. "Free" referring primarily to Freedom (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) but often, the distros are free of charge too. By full functionality, I mean, there's no restriction on running binaries, there is support for USB disks, ethernet cards (therefore networking), and a large body of software: file managers, web browsers, office suite, picture editors, MIDI sequencer, and so on. It is also an ideal way for students to learn about computing -- the code of GNU/Linux is available for people to look at ("open-source"), a far cry from secretive Microsoft's Windows. Personally, I think people should use GNU/Linux. I don’t know what Microsoft is playing at when Linux distros e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, offer full functionality for _free_. “Free” referring primarily to Freedom (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) but often, the distros are free of charge too.

By full functionality, I mean, there’s no restriction on running binaries, there is support for USB disks, ethernet cards (therefore networking), and a large body of software: file managers, web browsers, office suite, picture editors, MIDI sequencer, and so on.

It is also an ideal way for students to learn about computing — the code of GNU/Linux is available for people to look at (”open-source”), a far cry from secretive Microsoft’s Windows.

]]> By: Atul http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/microsoft-windows-xp-starter-edition-for-india/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Atul Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:56:00 +0000 http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/04/16/microsoft-windows-xp-starter-edition-for-india/#comment-515 I read somewhere that the retail version of this Started Edition will be priced at INR 399 per month (~ $10) under some sort of hire-purchase. It could have been a super method to boost XP sales. But this is supposedly a marketing strategy for the severly crippled Starter Edition which sucks big time. Why couldnt MS sell a decent version like XP Home through this model? I read somewhere that the retail version of this Started Edition will be priced at INR 399 per month (~ $10) under some sort of hire-purchase. It could have been a super method to boost XP sales. But this is supposedly a marketing strategy for the severly crippled Starter Edition which sucks big time. Why couldnt MS sell a decent version like XP Home through this model?

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