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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