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Microsoft's Free Virtual PC: What 'Free' Means
Yesterday's release of Virtual PC 2007 continues a longstanding Microsoft trend: Give away free something valuable to gain market share against a dominant competitor.
Other recent pricing low-balls or giveaways include Office Accounting Express and Visual Studio Express. Microsoft can so blatantly undercut competitors, because its larger objective is to make gains for other products, typically Office and Windows and more recently Windows Server.
