Microsoft slashes licensing fees by 70 percent

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Google was busy giving away its software for free, Microsoft was busy charging $50 (N8,280) to vendors for using Windows. I presume that is the major reason why an average Windows tablet cost more than an equivalent Android tablet. And this same reason makes it difficult for end users and consumers alike to see a cheap, basic Windows tablet. </span><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ngr9tvLniXG6vbPAB1_pDA0TUvAFKnEpQV66RiSedGFZDT8ILM2e5VfG76jr0I79fvIrsnZVe1-fr7h9GjvCw961wQyosYv_ivAIZo0K1xW3Vi0TncI6ZB-GiFkCexM4Dt-xpPfw2-w/s1600/Microsoft+Surface+with+Windows+8+Pro-580-100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Microsoft RT" border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ngr9tvLniXG6vbPAB1_pDA0TUvAFKnEpQV66RiSedGFZDT8ILM2e5VfG76jr0I79fvIrsnZVe1-fr7h9GjvCw961wQyosYv_ivAIZo0K1xW3Vi0TncI6ZB-GiFkCexM4Dt-xpPfw2-w/s1600/Microsoft+Surface+with+Windows+8+Pro-580-100.jpg" title="Microsoft RT" width="320" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Image Source: TechRadar</span></td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Microsoft has currently decided to up their game, battling it out with Android and probably Chromebook by reducing their license fee by 70 percent for devices that cost less than $250 (N41,400). This drops the licence fee for this range of devices to $15 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(N2500)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This price slash <i>Engadget</i> is to allow builders <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/21/microsoft-is-cutting-windows-pricing/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full" target="_blank">offer cheaper Windows tablets</a> that would compete favorably with the equivalent low end Android tablets and Chromebooks!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the next time you see a Windows tablet worth $175 </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(N</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; line-height: 38px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28,980</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope this move works as well as it worked for them when they used the same trick to battle out Linux with Windows XP.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/21/microsoft-is-cutting-windows-pricing/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full" target="_blank">Engadget</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Microsoft slashes licensing fees by 70 percent

When Google was busy giving away its software for free, Microsoft was busy charging $50 (N8,280) to vendors for using Windows. I presume tha...

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