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Microsoft Develops XP 'Light' for Thailand

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-one's-free dept.

GoatJuggler writes with this Bangkok Post report that "Microsoft announced plans to develop a discounted, slightly crippled version of Windows XP for Thailand."

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  1. Thats great... by hatrisc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if crippled means, getting rid of internet explorer, the windows kernel, and everything else, and replacing it with, linux 2.6.2, gnome 2.4....

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  2. News? by WernerStormcrow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The article is dated Wednesday 04 February 2004. So this is more like News for Nerds. Stuff that mattered.

    Also, I guess they just want to get rid of some old Windows 2000 CDs by putting an "XP light" bumper sticker on them and selling them to less developed countries. It's like selling crap to the poor.

    In fact, it is selling crap to the poor, now that I think about it.