Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 82.192.250.149]
on December 12, 2007 07:19 AM
If the Linux market share is 12%, Microsoft is going to fight back, hard. And they certainly have the resources. The marginal cost to them of shipping Windows is just a few cents per copy, and they already have enough monopoly profits in the USA and Europe - they could choose to operate in China at a loss, essentially giving away Windows, in order to preserve their monopoly.
I don't see a defense to this strategy, so I think Microsoft will win China.
Mac market share in China? Let me guess: less than 0.1%? :-)
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12% market share is the key number here
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 82.192.250.149] on December 12, 2007 07:19 AMIf the Linux market share is 12%, Microsoft is going to fight back, hard. And they certainly have the resources. The marginal cost to them of shipping Windows is just a few cents per copy, and they already have enough monopoly profits in the USA and Europe - they could choose to operate in China at a loss, essentially giving away Windows, in order to preserve their monopoly.
I don't see a defense to this strategy, so I think Microsoft will win China.
Mac market share in China? Let me guess: less than 0.1%? :-)
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