I read with interest the article from the AP wire services about Paris spooking Microsoft, and watching with interest the reaction from The Vole Party. I find it amusing that the first thing MS does in response to a threat from Linux/Open source is to lower their prices by largish amounts. I wonder why they do this, when their own websites tout the superiority and lower T.C.O. of MS Windows compared to Linux/Open Source. Don't they have Websites that say that Windows is cheaper and better?

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