microsoft VS linux!

hello!

here's an interesting monopoly-related article ((:

Laptops for poor to run Windows XP

[pic above: XO PC (aka the “$100 computer” that costs $200) is now available with Windows XP which is distributed by One Laptop Per Child Foundation, of Cambridge]

My review:
In my opinion, Windows XP, might push the price of an XO in more developed countries. In fact, Microsoft is making its popular operating system available for $3 per XO, which is probably close to the actual marginal cost to Microsoft of producing additional copies of XP.

Sometimes when companies like Microsoft act in the pursuit of their own self-interest, society as a whole benefits. In economics, this is identified as predatory pricing.

Microsoft and Linux, are competing for a larger foothold in developing countries where more new PC users are likely to emerge in the future.

`tiffany