To prevent Linux from running
away with Thailand's subsidized "people's PC project,"
Microsoft has dropped the price of its Windows and Office packages
from nearly US$600 to $37. Other Asian countries are lining up to
duplicate the Thai program. As a result of the events in Thailand,
analysts have begun to predict the end of Microsoft's long-standing
"one-price-fits-all-markets policy."
Significantly, first-time PC users in Thailand are finding the Linux Thai Language Edition easier to master than Windows.
Significantly, first-time PC users in Thailand are finding the Linux Thai Language Edition easier to master than Windows.