"Alan" <somewhere@nospam.pew> ?¤J®ø®§·s?:12ndjk9ebdal64a@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> Hi Roscoe,
> Microsoft makes up the dollars lost in piracy there by charging inflated
> prices for its customers here in the USA. In effect, those of us in the
> USA who buy Vista or purchase machines with Vista already preinstalled,
> are subsidizing the piracy.
>
> Microsoft is making the profit for worldwide sales of Vista that it's
> established in its business model, those in China are getting it for
> nothing -- and we USA customers are paying the bill.
>
> Alan[/color]
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Pricing for Chinese Vista in China is only 10 - 15% lower than US pricing.
Take Home Premium for example, wholesale price is 1536, retail price expect
to be 1650 Yuan or USD 212.
Not many Chinese home users willing to pay this price for a Windows.
I think if the price can drop to 600 Yuan or USD 78 can definitely attract
much more people to purchase.
By the way, who use Simplified Chinese Windows in the world? Only people in
Mainland China.
So don't worry about export dumping.


Wholesale price for Chinese Vista in China.

¡@¡@66J-00199 Windows Vista Business ChnSimp DVD 1,806

¡@¡@66G-00142 Windows Vista Home Basic ChnSimp DVD 1,295

¡@¡@66I-00166 Windows Vista Home Prem ChnSimp DVD 1,536

¡@¡@66R-00187 Windows Vista Ultimate ChnSimp DVD 2,421¡@