Why is Windows so expensive?

The question "Why is Windows so expensive?"

has a pretty simple answer: because people

are willing to pay for it.

There is also a slightly more complex answer

to the question as to why Windows is so

expensive so here it is.

In a market economy the price of an item is

determined by the interplay of the supply

and the demand for it. There are other forms

of economy possible than the market one:

indeed, parts of our own economy are not in

fact parts of the market economy. However,

computer operating systems are indeed, with

a couple of provisos, part of that market

economy. Read more..