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eWeek: Why Can’t We Get a Slimmer Windows XP?

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 13, 2004

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“If you live in the United States, you may yawn every time you
hear about how the Linux desktop is coming along. Chances are you
run Windows, and you find it hard to really see yourself moving to
another desktop operating system.

“In the world outside the West, though, it’s a different story.
Here, we grumble about the high cost of XP Professional, Server
2003 and Licensing 6. There, they simply can’t afford it…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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