Microsoft's fail-safe experiment?
C|Net | at | by Mike
Technology soothsayers may have given a gloomy prognosis for Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition, but the Redmond giant will end up as the eventual winner despite the less-than-perfect product introduction.
Earlier this month, the software maker announced plans to ship the Starter Edition--a cheap, localized, stripped-down version of its standard WinXP operating system--in developing Asian markets like Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia by October.
In spite of this harsh warning, Microsoft's cut-price Windows will likely prove to be a winning move, simply because the firm has nothing much to lose from this experiment.