From: "Robert Comer" 

> So here's a question for anyone reading this: Would you, under any
> circumstances, buy a stripped-down Windows at a lower price? And if so,
> which features would you strip out?


Yes I would (as an admin type).

I'd rip out Windows Media Player, Messenger, MSN Browser, Remote Desktop,
domain stuff, multi user accounts, file system permissions, and maybe even
IE(or slim it down anyway), but I would leave in networking and running
more than 3 programs, as it wouldn't even be able to use broadband without
networking.

It really doesn't compete with Linux very well as is...

- Bob Comer



"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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>I don't see how this competes with Linux especially with the 'no
>networking' feature
>
>
> http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/000235.html
>
> PC World's Techlog
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> News, opinion, and links from Editor in Chief Harry McCracken.
>
>
> Windows may be (almost) everywhere in the U.S., but for many folks in much
> of the world, spending $100 or more on an operating system is simply
> impossible--which means that Windows either gets pirated or it doesn't get
> used at all. And if Windows doesn't get used, Linux might--giving the
> open-source OS a toehold in emerging markets.
>
> Microsoft is responding to this basic fact with dumbed-down, cheaper
> editions of Windows for sale in countries such as Russia, Thailand,
> Malaysia, and Indonesia. This XP variant, Windows XP Starter Edition,
> strips out features such as multiple-user capability and home networking,
> and it only lets you run three programs at a time.
>
> I wouldn't use it myself--I could live without user accounts, but I need
> networking, and I run so many programs at once that my Taskbar is usually
> bursting at the seams. But a very basic Windows at a very basic price is
> an interesting idea--and I sure know some folks in the U.S., less serious
> about computing than I am, who might go for it.
>
> Of course, in a prosperous, PC-savvy, Windows-dominated market like the
> U.S., Microsoft isn't nearly so motivated to offer something inexpensive
> and simple. But you never know--the company's Microsoft Office Student and
> Teacher Edition is a response to sorta-similar market pressures in the
> office suite market.
>
> So here's a question for anyone reading this: Would you, under any
> circumstances, buy a stripped-down Windows at a lower price? And if so,
> which features would you strip out?
>
>

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