On 1/2/07, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 02/01/07, Punit Mohatta <punit.mohatta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
He said a top official from Microsoft India had met him twice to convince
him to continue with MS products. The official offered the XP operating
system for about Rs.7000 while he quoted Rs.500. I explained to her that
for a mere Rs.300, I could get the entire operating system, office
productivity software and a wide range of utility tools, such as DVD/CD
writing software, database software, multimedia editing software, vector
map-drawing software plus a whole range of software development tools. Also,
I have the option of downloading this entire package in DVD media and not
even pay that Rs.300, which is the media cost and not the software charges,
said the ELCOT chief, an IT expert himself besides being a senior IAS
bureaucrat.
I don't want to rain on anybody's parade here, but to the cynic in me,
the above sounds as if this senior IAS officer is just fishing for a
lower price deal from Microsoft and he might switch sides if Microsoft
offers, say Rs. 250 per seat (which they can, and they probably will,
to salvage such a massive deal).
