
Microsoft confirmed that the <A HREF="http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1616618,00.asp">Windows XP Starter Edition</A> is, indeed, the new name for the Windows portion of the cut-rate Windows bundle it is offering to combat Linux in Thailand. Last summer, in response to the success that Linux was having in the Thai marketplace, Microsoft began offering Thai citizens a Thai-localized bundle of Microsoft Windows XP Home and Office XP Standard.