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<blockquote data-quote="bazang" data-source="post: 1103216" data-attributes="member: 114717">Most people in the US and Canada can easily afford to pay $50 or $100 per year. That truth also extends to Europe and all the other first-world and emerging second-world nations.Microsoft treats first-world markets completely differently than it does second- and third-world markets. Microsoft knows that 90% of all Windows in India are pirated. It engages the Indian government to do very little except to assist it in bringing down and prosecuting large-scale targets and the most egregious violators. Whereas Microsoft actively fights against Windows piracy in first-world nations.Why does Microsoft permit the extent of Windows piracy in India? Because it wants that billion person population to be dependent upon Windows. That is why. In this objective Microsoft has succeeded.If Microsoft started to charge $1 to license Windows in India, a majority of the population could come up with that amount (despite many not even having internet access). At least 500 million. Half a billion dollars in additional revenue from a very low-cost fee scheme is financially meaningful to Microsoft.Why does Microsoft do everything it can to charge fees in fist-world countries? Because it knows that even people on public entitlement benefits in first-world countries will pay fees to get the diversions and entertainments that they want. That means the average citizen you meet on the street will willingly pay.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bazang, post: 1103216, member: 114717"] Most people in the US and Canada can easily afford to pay $50 or $100 per year. That truth also extends to Europe and all the other first-world and emerging second-world nations. Microsoft treats first-world markets completely differently than it does second- and third-world markets. Microsoft knows that 90% of all Windows in India are pirated. It engages the Indian government to do very little except to assist it in bringing down and prosecuting large-scale targets and the most egregious violators. Whereas Microsoft actively fights against Windows piracy in first-world nations. Why does Microsoft permit the extent of Windows piracy in India? Because it wants that billion person population to be dependent upon Windows. That is why. In this objective Microsoft has succeeded. If Microsoft started to charge $1 to license Windows in India, a majority of the population could come up with that amount (despite many not even having internet access). At least 500 million. Half a billion dollars in additional revenue from a very low-cost fee scheme is financially meaningful to Microsoft. Why does Microsoft do everything it can to charge fees in fist-world countries? Because it knows that even people on public entitlement benefits in first-world countries will pay fees to get the diversions and entertainments that they want. That means the average citizen you meet on the street will willingly pay. [/QUOTE]

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