>> Exactly.  And the only reason MS can sell the basic version that cheap is
>> because they are getting a load of money for the people who buy the
>> expensive versions for the features.
>
>  Yeah, with something like 90% of marketshare they really need to fiddle
> with the prices in order to not to get bankrupt.

It's not about not going bankrupt, it's about maximising their profit to 
ensure they have maximum available funds to develop the next OS.  Why on 
earth with any company choose a sales strategy that wasn't the one that gave 
them most profit?

>  Yet Apple, with something like 3% of marketshare sells full versions at
> low prices.
>  Of course the difference might be that they sell quality.

No, the difference is that MS sells its OSs to a different customer base 
using different methods.  What will generate the most profit for Apple 
probably won't be the right strategy to generate the most profit for 
Microsoft.  It's like saying that Ford and Porsche should both have the same 
product and sales strategy.

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