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WinXP.Two variants needed?

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by karthikkumar 1 view

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WinXP seems to be debuting in two flavours HOME and Professional marketed for home users and Work users alike.But since even today many people use Win2000 for home or non-work purposes due to increased security,stability and greater performance.Is it really necessary for Microsoft to launch HOME and PROFESSIONAL variants separately?Shouldn't they just launch a single OS with configurable options for HOME and WORKSTATION use vis-a-vis SUSE and REDHAT Linux?kindly scope into the logic of strategy of Microsoft behind their WinXP launch.

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by karthikkumar

Man,your reply was somewhat goofy but in a way true.But still Microsoft didn't head up the software ladder without making logical strategical moves,albeit predatory.

by ebob

1 - Predatory (as you mentioned)
2 - They were in the right place at the right time: Back in the early 80's when IBM was looking for an O/S for their microprocessor-based "personal computer", and the rest is (what passes for) History.

"Logic" did not necesaarily play into any of their so-called success. Which begs the question that if being perhaps the most universally despised private organisation on the planet is "success", just what the heck is "failure"?

Footnote: "History gets to bewritten by the 'winners'." (And ain't no bigger 'winners' than Big Bad Bill.)

by admin

Projected Single OS license use with options for home and business: a$per license by b volume =c

Projected Home OS license use: f$per license by g volume =h

Projected Business OS license use: x$per license by y volume= z

If h+y>c, use split license
If h+y,c, use single OS with configurable options for HOME and WORKSTATION

Sure, there are some more variables to figure in, but this is basically the logic they use.

Why are you surprised they don't base their business model on conveniance?

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