Microsoft agrees to remove XP activation, slashes price to bone

"Thai up means Office bundled for $35.

In order to compete with the Thai government's plan to sell a million cheapo Linux PCs, which we covered earlier, Microsoft did some fancy footwork on pricing. And on activation. According to the Journal, Microsoft said it would sell WIndows XP and Office at a piffling $36 a PC. And Microsoft also agreed to make specific Thai versions of Windows XP, IE and the Media Player."

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