In response to the good reception of Apple’s “Mac vs. PC” advertisements, Microsoft has launched a US$30 million advertising blitz. See, that’s why their operating software is so expensive. We are paying for that. Remember how Microsoft tried to irritate or embarrass users of pirated Microsoft Windows? Well, if they don’t charge that bloody high price, no one would want to use pirated copies, right?

Apple is increasing their market share while Microsoft has retired their popular WinXP OS and pushing sales of Windows Vista, which is not received as well by consumers. I don’t know why because I personally prefer Vista. An original single-user license for Vista is sold here in Malaysia at about MYR500, which is approximately 1/5 of the price of a desktop computer. Isn’t it ridiculous?

Hopefully this OS war will force down the prices of Microsoft Vista. That will convert more illegal users of Microsoft products into legal users, not by threatening us with Blackout Wednesday or something similar.

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In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership that is what we know now as Microsoft. Bill Gates was only 19, Paul Allen was 22. It must have been like a dream for them to realize that their company has grown exponentially in thirty years and continue to grow even while there are people who are anti-Microsoft for their exorbitant pricing of software and programs.

Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen

On June 27th, 2008, Bill Gates steps away from corporate life to devote his time to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable foundation that he started with his wife, Melinda, an employee with Microsoft at one time. It takes a big man to build an empire like Microsoft and an even bigger man to walk away from it all. Well, not totally away as Bill Gates will still be clocking in to the office once a week.

William H. Gates III

Bill Gates certainly looks like he has a charmed life. Let’s hope that he could make some drastic changes to worldwide health concerns with his Foundation. More power to him!