Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price of its operating system to a level where people on a salary of $4,000 per annum can afford machines.
The richest man in the world can't lower the price so poor people can access computers. [sarcasm]That wouldn't be right now, would it.[/sarcasm]
I have a wonderful idea though. Instead of relying on Windows to run those computers, why not use a free Operating System like Linux. The price is right and we aren't doing any favors for Bill Gates. That's the way to go.
Did you notice how much the Operating System jumps the price of the computer in the article. $300. And you wonder why Gates is the richest man in the world. Use Linux, screw Bill Gates.
In treating on the subject of the profits of capital, it is necessary to consider the princples which regulate the rise and fall of rent; as rent and profits, it will be seen, have a very intimate connexion with each other. David Ricardo
