By Richard Thurston
Published: Friday 24 November 2006
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Name
Simon
Location
Cumbria
Occupation
IT
Comment
I'm with the anonymous posting above on this - there's more to it being a 'good deal' than price. I believe it was Ruskin who said that "the pain of poor quality will outlast the joy of a cheap price".
The other factor is that it may be a good deal in the short term, I've heard it said of drug dealers that they offer incentives - "the fist fix is free" - so as to hook more customers in the long term. I think that's how Microsoft should be viewed !
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