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MS Releases Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi
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ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, Jun 3, 2005
Microsoft Corporation India has announced the availability of Windows XP Starter Edition in India and said the state of Uttaranchal will be the first to make these PCs available.
The Government of Uttaranchal is introducing the PCs as part of "Gyanotkarsh", its "People's PC Program", under which state government employees will be able to purchase these PCs at an EMI of Rs 399.
Commenting on the announcement, Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India, said, "At less than 1.4 percent penetration, India is among the most under-invested PC markets in the world. To change this, the entire PC industry needs to collaborate to first comprehend the issues at hand, and then develop PC solutions that address their everyday needs. Today, the key barriers to the adoption and use of PCs in the country are relevance and affordability. We need to create offerings that people can easily use, and can more easily access. The Windows XP Starter Edition is intended to help address these two issues."
Windows XP Starter Edition has been designed for beginner home PC users in developing markets, and as the lowest cost version of the Windows XP operating system is aimed at enabling easy access to computing across India. Microsoft has partnered with HCL and Intel to develop PCs with the Starter Edition.
With this announcement, India becomes the sixth country to launch the Win XP Starter Edition as part of a pilot program that Microsoft is running in developing markets. The vendor had expressed its intent to make this Edition available in India in September, 2004.
Neelam Dhawan, managing director, Microsoft Corporation India, said, "The launch of Windows XP Starter Edition is an important milestone in helping take computing to the grassroots in India. It marks the culmination of more than one year spent in conceptualization, product development and actual user research and feedback. Windows XP Starter Edition is aimed at beginner PC users - it is localized, easy to learn and the most affordable version of Windows ever. We are proud to partner with the state of Uttaranchal to roll out this offering in the state, and are thankful for their support."
Elaborating on the Starter Edition program, Ranjivjit Singh, director, business & marketing operations, Microsoft India, said, "Addressing the broad PC access issue will require close collaboration between software and hardware vendors, as well as the government - to ensure that the right offering, payment and delivery mechanisms are in place for consumers who want to buy PCs. The Windows XP Starter Edition program is aimed at bringing together each of these aspects to create a holistic offering that will allow beginner users to experience the power of a PC - first-hand."
The Windows XP Starter Edition functions like other versions of Windows XP: connects to the Internet; works with popular software and hardware; implements security of XPSP2; and enables communication, digital music, video, and pictures.
The editions that will be available to government employees in Uttaranchal are - Windows XP Starter Edition PC, Celeron 2.4Ghz + Windows XP Starter Edition, EMI Rs 399; Windows XP Home Edition PC, Pentium IV 2.26 Ghz + Windows XP Home Edition, EMI Rs 527; Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, Pentium IV 2.26Ghz + Windows XP Media Center Edition, EMI Rs 808; and Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, Pentium IV 3.0Ghz HT + Windows XPMedia Center Edition, EMI Rs 1,034. A 20 percent down payment will be required.
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i need one of this hindi interfaced win xp stater pack. pl. send detailes |
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- raj kumar,
pvt, varanasi
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I want Windows XP Home Starter pack for my home pc. Let me know the price of it. Is it available in monthly installments |
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- Srinivas K,
Vahan Motors Pv, Hyderabad
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i need one of this hindi interfaced win xp stater pack. pl. send detailes |
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- srinivasa rao,
surya systems, tenali
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please forward me details of windows hindi edition, |
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Windows XP version |
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- Ravindra,
BBIT, Ghaziabad
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i need hindi version of windows xp pl. contact me immediatly |
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- srinivas rao,
surya systems, tenali
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The price should be reduced for media centre. It should be priced to suit a normal individual's budget. |
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- Anish Singh,
Allianz Aqua, Rourkela
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Due to the use of unacceptable language, the comment has been removed by the moderator.
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- vandana,
individual, kamareddy
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Why only in state of Uttarachal and only for government employees, it should widen the program for the other states at the earliest and for non-government employees, or should be at banks disposal. |
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- sunil bawsay,
pushkar compute, bhuj
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Windows XP Starter Edition is offered only with new PCs in local languages and is not sold separately in stores.There are also limits not found in other versions of Windows XP, such as the fact that users can only run three programs at once.
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- Naresh ahuja,
Microsony, Pune
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Microsoft makes final pitch to Brussels over antitrust ruling
Published: June 1 2005 03:00 | Last updated: June 1 2005 03:00
Microsoft made a final attempt last night to persuade the European Commission that it is complying with the antitrust sanctions imposed on the US software group by the Brussels regulator last year.
The Commission, frustrated by months of haggling over the precise meaning of its landmark ruling against the group, had given Microsoft until midnight yesterday to abide by the ruling.
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- Naresh ahuja,
Microsony, Pune
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Microsoft meets Brussels deadline ^^^^
US software giant Microsoft has met a 1 June deadline for responding to a landmark European Union antitrust ruling against the company.
"We have submitted proposals and we are awaiting a response from the EU Commission," a spokesman said.
In 2004, Brussels found Microsoft guilty of abusing its market dominance and fined it 497m euros ($655m; £340m).
If the Commission considers Microsoft's response to have fallen short, it could hit the firm with daily fines of $5m.
A spokesman said it could take "a few weeks" to come to a decision.
EU scrutiny
MICROSOFT'S EU TUSSLE
March 2004: EU hits Microsoft with record 497m euro fine; orders the firm to open up its core software systems to rivals and produce a stripped down version of Windows
December 2004: European Court of First Instance rejects an appeal by Microsoft
January 2005: Microsoft backs down from further EU appeal court action
March 2005: EU warns that Microsoft is doing too little to comply with antitrust rulings
May 2005: EU hits Microsoft with 1 June deadline to submit a response to rulings
1 June: Microsoft meets deadline.
Check Microsoft's share price
"Contacts continued between the European Commission and Microsoft until late last night, and the Commission will now carefully analyse what's on the table," a spokesman for the Commission said.
EU regulators would now assess "whether or not we consider that Microsoft has complied with the March 2004 decision", he said.
The 2004 ruling focused on Microsoft's behaviour in two key markets: servers, the computers which sit at the heart of networks, and media software.
The European Commission told Microsoft that it would have to open up its core software systems to rivals, making it easier for them to build products which would work with its Windows operating system.
It also ordered Microsoft to provide a version of Windows without its own Windows Media Player, to give rival software makers a chance to compete and computer makers the option to supply PCs with the media software of their own choosing.
Final plan
The Commission has the power to fine Microsoft up to 5% of its daily global turnover for each day that the antitrust ruling is not applied to its satisfaction.
The 1 June deadline was set for Microsoft to submit a final plan on how it would comply with the ruling.
If unhappy with the initial response, the Commission would have to send a formal notification to Microsoft, giving the company about 10 working days to respond.
On Tuesday, a Commission spokesman said antitrust regulators would probably make a decision on whether or not to hit Microsoft with fines by the end of July
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- Naresh ahuja,
Microsony, Pune
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Brussels bashes Microsoft^^^^^^^^^^^^
The press room at the European Commission is rarely so packed as it was on Wednesday morning. But the unusually large media presence was quickly explained by the fact that Brussels was about to impose its largest fine ever for abuse of market position. And the recipient of the fine – in the amount of 497 million euros - is US software giant Microsoft.
Around 200 hundred journalists and dozens of photographers and camera crews crowded the room to here European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti announce the commission's decision.
In addition to facing the massive financial penalty, Microsoft has also been ordered to ensure that its Windows operating system provides compatibily with competitors' software products. Brussels' clear aim is to put an end to the company's market dominance.
Mr Monti: "The Commission has taken a decision today which finds that Microsoft has abused its virtual monopoly power over the PC desktop in Europe."
In fact, Mr Monti had announced the "super fine" last week, but that was before the entire commission had given its approval.
Microsoft goes to court
Microsoft has already responded by announcing it will file an appeal against the decision with the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. However, Mr Monti made it clear that the measures taken by the commission were not the result of a snap decision:
"We did not rush into a decision. We sent no less than three statements of objections to Microsoft. We carefully examined Microsoft's responses and the extensive data that we collected throughout the investigation. In the end, we decided to do what was best for innovation and the European consumers."
The European Commission has indeed spent some five years on its investigation into the market practices of the software giant. Commissioner Monti went on to clarify what was being expected of Microsoft:
"We are asking Microsoft to disclose the information necessary to make sure that competitors' products can fully and properly talk to Microsoft's dominant operating systems. We are also asking Microsoft to offer a version of its ubiquitous Windows operating system without Windows Media Player."
Giving others a chance
The commission's main complaint regarding Microsoft is that it has been abusing the dominant position of its Windows computer operating system by including all kinds of other software in the "package". As Mr Monti says, the Windows Media Player is the main focus of attention, and Brussels wants to see other manufacturers being given the chance to sell their media player products for use with Windows.
Brussels has given Microsoft 90 days in which to come forward with a version of Windows that makes this possible. And the company has 120 days in which to disclose the information – namely system codes – which will enable rival manufacturers to make their software interoperable with that of Microsoft.
The consumer´s right to choose
According to Mr Monti, the commission's action against Microsoft is motivated by a desire to stimulate development in the computer world and support consumer choice:
"We are saying that consumers and PC hardware manufacturers ought to be able to decide which media-player software they want to pre-install in their computers. They ought to choose. They ought to choose, not Microsoft."
However, experts have been quick to point out that, given Microsoft's stated intention to fight the ruling, it could be years before we know for certain whether Brussels or Microsoft will ultimately emerge victorious from this particular battle.
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- Naresh ahuja,
Microsony, Pune
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...1.4% penetration...........Mr Ravi Venkatesan must... also be knowing the literacy rate of India, and the No. of people who fluently speak the Queen's language.
^^^^^Dear Madam Neelam Dhawan we saw you in the media reports at Gurgaon (on a scooter designed in the forties/fifties, ...atleast they should have selected an Eterno the fuel effecient scooter, or a bike which saves money,....... ironically fuel prices were increased with the introduction of the Win St.. Edition.
>>>>>>Introduction of Win St Edition is a good step..... but what is the bottom line for us dealers, what's the price at Hardwar,Uttaranchal and Gujrat and Maharashtra; we still shall be losing money or just breaking even by selling the mostloved and hated software. ###########There are rumors of Redhat being gobbled up by Sri Bill Gates, ....Some say the next twenty years will be dominated by open source (read LINUX AND VARIANTS) while Win tapering down.
Our request to Honourable Sri Bill Gates is to look at the real needs of the masses they need simple to use applications. Everyone is not a programmer. The common man doesn't know what is a application and what's a OS, he just knows what happens when some particular buttons are pressed...how to really shut down an OS....Is it not possibleto design a emmbeded OS for the common man, any way your codes will need to be opened up at Brussels.********
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- Naresh ahuja,
Microsony, Pune
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Congratulations Micro Soft! Atlast you have realised the potentiality fo the markets.
All the best!
Dear Reporter,
You have neither mentioned the price of the PCs nor the price of Starter Pack??? |
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- Jagadeesh,
PinakiniSystems, Hyderabad
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