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Gail Shaw wrote:
>> It makes perfect sense. M$ charge you more money this way. ;-)
>
> Its marketing. Only offer a single version loaded with features and people
> will complain that it's too expensive and contains loads of stuff they don't
> need. Offer multiple versions with different feature sets and more people
> will buy.
There's a difference between a "feature" that takes effort to implement,
and an artificial limitation that exists only for the purpose of revenue
generation.
E.g., Server 2003 Standard 64-bit supports 32 GB RAM, while Server 2003
Enterprise 64-bit supports 1 TB. There is absolutely no cause for this
difference other than an artificially-added limitation. It's just as
easy to implement either. (Indeed, arguably it's *more* work to add the
limitation...)
> Software's not the only place that's done.
Something we can agree on...
> Look at BMW. They're a classic example. Often the only difference between
> certain BMW models is the software, not the engines.
Really? I thought the difference was the leather seats...
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