Windows pricing... (exact figures)

[Paul Rickard <msbc@abctec.com>]

I know this subject has already come up, but I did some research and
ran the numbers and think you might be interested in my results..
	Earlier this week Microsoft announced that Windows 98 upgrades will
cost $109 (suggested retail price), while buying the full version of the
product will cost you $209. Remember when BillG told the Senate that
"Another sign of a healthy, competitive industry is lower prices," and
then pointed out the 10-million-fold decrease in computing costs since
1971? But in four years, the cost of Windows (full version) has risen by
nearly 192 (191.74) percent; from $109 for Windows 3.1 back in 1994 to
$209 for Windows 98 this summer, while the average PC price has dropped
and performance has more than quadrupled. Another sign of a healthy,
competitive industry?
	If anybody has any figures on the average total price for PCs in 1994
vs. the average total price in 1998, I'd be extremely interested in
seeing them. Most people would be shocked to know how much Windows adds
to the total price of a new computer, and even more so to see how the
percentage of that has risen in the last 4 or 5 years.

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