“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…”