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BIZCHINA / Biz Media Digest
IT: Microsoft cuts Vista's China price to fight piracy
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-07 10:57
Microsoft Corp has slashed the price on its Windows Vista operating
system in China by more than half, in a bid to curtail piracy, The Wall
Street Journal reported on Monday.
Beginning August 1, Microsoft cut the retail price for its Vista Home
Basic package to 499 yuan (US$66) from 1,521 yuan, and its Vista Home
Premium package to 899 yuan from 1,802 yuan, the report quoted the
company as saying.
The price cut is the latest tactic by the Redmond, Wash, software company
in its efforts to spread legitimate products in the China market, said
the report.
"Pre-installed Windows Vista is already getting popular in China,"
Microsoft spokesman Jim Lin was quoted as saying. "This program gives
customers who bought a computer before the Vista launch an opportunity to
upgrade."
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