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Golly, I think it should be obvious:
If it is a part of Windows Server, then it only makes that product's inflated price even MORE inflated when they decide to start charging for it!

Separating it out, and giving it away for FREE at first, gets your customers liking it so that when all of a sudden there's a price on it they're more likely to say "OK" to buying it.

It's Stevey Ballmer as the corner drug dealer: "We give you a leetle taste, yes? And you like it SO much you come back and pay BIG bucks to put it in your regular diet menu!"
Posted by: OButterball   Posted on: 10/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Golly, I think it should be obvious:  OButterball | 10/30/07
hmm, interesting theory...  BFD | 10/30/07
I see someone has been visiting his corner drug dealer  GuidingLight | 10/30/07
Golly, you are ill-informed.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/31/07
I see, so you don't see a problem ...  OButterball | 10/31/07
Don't agree  bfleming_z | 10/31/07
"Monopoly bigots?" So, it's really just fine, ...  OButterball | 10/31/07
No, I don't really see a problem.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/31/07
Oh, yes, WOSS is a very successful product ...  OButterball | 10/31/07
Except that  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/31/07
Sure have, NickH.  OButterball | 10/31/07
Reply to above.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/01/07
Duh  FatherJ | 07/13/09
Conspiracy Theory Mary Jo?  BFD | 10/30/07
What did I miss?  MGP2 | 10/30/07
Still under the eye of the US courts...  jasonp@... | 10/30/07
Interesting...  Confused by religion | 10/30/07
Probably not  WiredGuy | 10/31/07
the obvious reasons are....  sj_z | 10/31/07
OR  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 10/31/07
Vista support  anonymuos | 10/31/07
This is a great thing.  cynthia.joffrion@... | 10/31/07
I prefer Virtual PC  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/01/07
Above was reply to  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/01/07
Most Likely  TripleII | 11/01/07
Most Likely Not.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/01/07
Development and sharing environments  TripleII | 11/01/07
Sharepoint has broader scope than that.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/02/07
RE: Microsoft decouples SharePoint Services from Windows Server 2008  billjones1977B | 11/01/07
With what?  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/02/07
Wrong and right...  justthinking | 11/02/07
MOSS, AD, Search  business-orchestration | 11/05/07
Wss vs Moss 2007  scott_porter@... | 11/14/07

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