Microsoft Runs Out Of Windows XP Family Licenses

TrAvELAr writes: "'There is a backlog,' says Mark Croft, lead product manager for Windows XP. According to this article on IDG, Microsoft has underestimated it's popularity of the new Windows XP family license. In an effort to slow piracy within single households, Microsoft has introduced the family license which will allow the user to install multiple copies of it's Windows XP operating system at a slightly discounted price of a $10 savings. Croft also states that the savings reflects the cost of Microsoft not having to produce another disc."

Comments

Re:Ooh, Ten Dollars.

[The Raven]

After reading it more carefully, I noticed that it is a $10 savings on the FULL copy of Windows XP Home... as in, the ~$200 copy. This is not a savings on the upgrade copy.

So it is not even a 10% savings... more like 5%. How lame.

Raven

Re:My take on XP.

[linzeal]

Thats what I'm doing at home. My GF "had to have" it just like windows ME and I installed it on her computer with the cracks. Microsoft can go screw themselves if they think I'm going to send them anything short of a lawsuit for behavior like this.