How long was it for a short while, and I saw enough of Ponosov's peasant, I was ashamed and was going to buy the program Microsoft Windows. To leave for centuries the memory of himself as an honest person. I went to the site
www.microsoft.com/rus , poked on the links and decided to contact the search engine.
I typed "Windows XP" and my soul turned around ... and then curled back. All links contained eulogies to unfamiliar variations, and prices varied as much as three times. I was amazed and decided to write directly to Microsoft to help me, a lost sheep, to find happiness. I beat them with my brow and asked for advice on options, prices and licenses. I received the following answer:
Worldwide, Microsoft adheres to a single strategic line - work through partners. Microsoft does not sell directly to end users.
For questions about the selection of specifications and the acquisition of Microsoft software, you can contact the partners, a list of which is presented
on the website: www.microsoft.com/rus/licensing/where
Microsoft has no recommended prices, so prices for the company's products from different partners may vary.Interestingly, Microsoft itself has been on this site for a long time? Niasilil patamushta poems. Unsorted tape of some companies with nothing saying badges of any different patents and licenses of Microsoft. A quick inspection of the licensees' sites at random did not show me at least the draft “how and what to buy” (even though “you have better Internet with this OS” - even this does not exist). Or here on the website
softline.ru , which
motto recommended to me in the process, after several manipulations, in principle, you can find the Microsoft product catalog. A good site for a report at any conference of the type “Internet and Business” - “How to ruin a catalog with a neat design” and at the conference “Psychopathology Today” - “From whom do we list the price lists?” Suddenly I notice on the Microsoft website the inscription “Online- score". Joyfully poking with a mouse
...I decided to try to search offline. Attempting to find out about Windows in the first selected “Computer World” in the “Zanevsky Cascade” led to a conversation with the seller, because with the poster information I didn’t have even enough to remind myself whether “Computer World” is a partner and whether they even sell Windows at all anybody
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It seems that Microsoft is completely disinterested in selling its product. I’m kind of glad to buy Windows, but now I don’t even know. Do not need some kind of exemplary. It’s just at least convenient that you don’t have to force yourself to buy a product, search for it in the basements, so long as there is a desire.
By the way, conduct an experiment, try to buy (or imitate a purchase) Microsoft Windows, knowing that you are buying exactly, that you are buying at a non-charged price, and that you will have full order with the license. Let's do a flash mob :)