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Microsoft Raises UK Prices By a Third and Can't Rule Out Future Hikes
New submitter DerekduPreez writes "Microsoft has revealed that it will increase volume licencing prices in the UK by an average of 29 percent to adjust for the 'sustained currency differences between European countries'. UK businesses have until 1st July to place their orders under the current prices before the changes take effect. Microsoft claims that because of sustained differences between the British Pound and the Euro, price spikes are necessary to maintain consistency across the region. Microsoft also confirmed that it could not rule out future increases, as it will continue to monitor currency movements and may make further adjustments if there are large fluctuations."
the U.S. dollar has been growing against the pound
Not sure what you mean by growing, I see a weakening US dollar. But we all know that - the Fed keeps printing them, how can the US dollar not get weaker? And your graph supports this. So if the US dollar gets weaker the answer is to charge more pounds? This is just a cash grab by Microsoft with some currency exchange gloss to hide the fact that they're being greedy suckers, they see more value in holding pounds than dollars, and hardly anyone bothers to take 30 secs to understand exchange rates properly.
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If dissent is not permitted, how long do you think it will be before the secret police show up to take you away?
Microsoft is widely misunderstood. People think Microsoft is a software company that is sometimes abusive. That's wrong. Microsoft is an abuse company that uses software to deliver abuse.
Just my opinion, but I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
All socialism fails
Correct, however you need to head to the library and do some reading on what socialism actually is (unless the library is too 'socialist' for you).
Europe, Canada etc. are not socialist nations. Do they have social programs for their citizens? Yes. However, socialism is defined as state ownership of enterprises. A good example of a socialst nation is Cuba - The state owns all means of production. Cuba is failing, which is why they are moving away from socialism.