OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
An overwhelming majority of users say the prices of the various editions of Windows Vista as posted on a Microsoft website yesterday make the product too expensive, according to a new poll.
Microsoft Canada caused a stir throughout the global Windows user
community when it posted a price list in Canadian Dollars of the
upcoming Windows Vista operating system on its website.
The prices, when converted to US dollars put a range of US$233 for the
basic home edition up to US$449 for the full bells and whistles
Ultimate version.
Analysts at the time pointed out that the prices were likely to be
slightly cheaper in the US. Their views appeared to be validated a few
hours later when online retailer Amazon.com published a pre-order price
range of US$199 for a Vista Home Basic DVD to US$399 for a Vista
Ultimate DVD.
An iTWire poll posted not long after the Canadian prices came to light
asked the question: Does a price range of US$233 to $449 make Vista too
expensive? Of 655 respondents over 24 hours, 591 (90.2%) answered yes
and 64 (9.8%) answered no.
To be fair to Microsoft, the US prices listed on Amazon are about 10%
cheaper than the prices listed on the Microsoft Canada site. However,
the majority of Windows users happen to live outside the US.
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