Microsoft to Increase XP Starter Edition Saturation

At Microsoft's financial analyst meeting the company announced its intention of broadening the Windows XP Starter Edition program to quell the rising tide of software piracy and abate the rising popularity of open source alternatives. Windows XP Starter Edition is a stripped down, no-thrills distribution of the operating system that was originally available exclusively in Thailand and Malaysia through social welfare programs.

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