[CCID News] Introduction: "Business Week" said that as one of the important strategies that the Blockux continued to spread, Microsoft implemented the low-cost version of the low-cost version of the low-cost version of the low-cost version of the WindowsXPSE system in India, Malaysia, Thailand and Russia. It is still an unknown. Microsoft has said not long ago, in order to further develop a 1 billion population, the company decided to introduce a simple version of the WindowsXP system "WindowsXP Se" designed for developing countries in India. Once this news was released, it caused a strong response in the Indian PC market. In fact, for Microsoft, the "WindowsXP Se" in the Indian market is also helpless. In the past three years, with the support of IBM, Red Hat, SUSE and other Linux vendors, open source software has been growing in the Indian market. More and more companies have begun to launch their Linux desktops and servers in the Indian market and have been welcomed by individual users and government agencies. But can WindowsXP SE prevent Linux from further spreading in the Indian market? From the initial test results, Microsoft's simplified version of the operating system has greatly improved space. For example, Microsoft will only use the "Northern Indian" in this time the WINDOWSXPSE. The products of almost every software company in India have adopted two languages of "Northern India" and "English". Second, the WindowsXPSE Simplified Edition operating system does not have all functions of Windows XP and does not have an upgrade function. In view of this, the industry analysts believe that too much restrictions can only be disappointed with users. Mumbai Baroda Bank Chief Technology Officer v.chandrasekhar said: "From the current situation, the simplified system is limited, especially the language of 'Northern Indian'." And Microsoft's strategy Everyone knows. India is a country with a relatively low PC, and the current PC penetration rate is only 1.2%. Moreover, this only 30% of the PC is used is genuine legitimate software. Therefore, for consumers, inexpensive prices are undoubtedly the biggest attraction. Have to admit that WindowsXPSe is indeed very cheap, and it is easy to use. But unfortunately, some advanced features have been deprived of Microsoft. For example, in order to reduce cost, Microsoft cancels the multi-machine networking function of XPSE. However, it is worth mentioning that Microsoft enhances the help function in this release, especially in video methods, and the basic performance of the XPSE version. Although Microsoft did not disclose the specific price of the operating system, many indigenous analysts predicted that WindowsXPSe's price would not exceed $ 35, which is equivalent to about 60% of the Windows XP family version. Ravivenkatesan, Chairman and General Manager of Microsoft India, said: "Microsoft's goal is to create a prerequitating digital society. Before 2010, we hope to bring each Indian into the information age." But in fact, Microsoft It is indeed an easy thing to achieve this goal. First, the Windowsxp English version can be bought at the streets of India. Just buy at 5-10 US dollars. Moreover, it is attractive to a great discount for Indians who have a very strong sense of value. In addition, once the "Northern Indian" version of WindowsXPSe is listed, then piracy will follow. But Microsoft is soft to yourself. This low-cost strategy seems confident. The company said that the local language version of the XPSE operating system will be launched at the end of Indonesia, Malaysia. Despite this, the industry analysts still inevitably pinch the strategy of Microsoft. Gartner analyst Dionwiggins said: "From a long-term perspective, Microsoft is not likely to reduce Windows operating system cost and sales prices through limitations.
