| Country | Version | Local Price (inc) | Exchange Rate | AU $ inc | Price Diff to AU | % of $AU |
| Australia | Home Premium | $199 | 1.00 | $199 | ||
| United Kingdom | Home Premium | £79.99 | 1.79472 | $143.56 | -$ 55.44 | 72.14% |
| US - Download | Home Premium | $119.99 | 1.08063 | $129.67 | -$ 69.33 | 65.16% |
| US - Media | Home Premium | $134.94 | 1.08063 | $145.82 | -$ 53.18 | 73.28% |
| Italy | Home Premium | €129 | 1.62181 | $209.21 | $10.21 | 105.13% |
| Japan | Home Premium | ￥13,102 | 0.0118786 | $155.63 | -$ 43.37 | 78.21% |
| Australia | Professional | $399 | 1.00 | $399 | ||
| United Kingdom | Professional | £189.99 | 1.79472 | $340.98 | -$ 58.02 | 85.46% |
| US - Download | Professional | $199.99 | 1.08063 | $216.12 | -$182.88 | 54.17% |
| US - Media | Professional | $214.94 | 1.08063 | $232.27 | -$166.73 | 58.21% |
| Italy | Professional | €129 | 1.62181 | $484.92 | $85.92 | 121.53% |
| Japan | Professional | ￥18,719 | 0.0118786 | $222.36 | -$176.64 | 55.73% |
| Australia | Ultimate | $429 | 1.00 | $429 | ||
| United Kingdom | Ultimate | £199.99 | 1.79472 | $357.15 | -$ 71.85 | 83.25% |
| US - Download | Ultimate | $219.99 | 1.08063 | $237.73 | -$191.27 | 55.41% |
| US - Media* | Ultimate | $234.94 | 1.08063 | $253.88 | -$175.12 | 59.18% |
| Italy | Ultimate | €319 | 1.62181 | $517.36 | $88.36 | 120.60% |
| Japan | Ultimate | ￥24,689 | 0.0118786 | $293.27 | -$135.73 | 68.36% |
* As there's no price for the US Ultimate Upgrade with a backup disk, I've added the same US$14.95 that was charged for both the Home Premium and Professional upgrades so we can work out some comparative figures.
So, it looks like Microsoft Italy is gouging their users there more than Microsoft Australia is here, but aside from that, we're not doing too well comparatively at all!
And Microsoft Australia, with their lowest Partner Satisfaction figures and the SMB (or what they now call Breadth) segment having the worst ever Partner Satisfaction figures, will wonder why we're not selling as any Windows 7 Upgrades as they expected us to nor as many as we'd have liked to have sold. With treatment of their Partner Channel and end users such as this, no wonder Microsoft is not making money!
Come on guys - instead of bending us over and expecting us to provide our own lubricant, how about playing fair here? You do realise that as soon as we can turn around and look you in the face, there's a lot better chance that we'll stop feeling as violated as we do and maybe your Partner Satisfaction figures will start to get back to where they once were and where they really should be were you treating your Partner Channel like something that mattered, not like an inconvenience.
Regards,
The Outspoken Wookie
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linkback from http://www.theoldergamers.com/forum/lord-rings-online/265817-windows-7-a.html#post2564909
Here's more information on our Windows 7 pricing in Australia compared to overseas: http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26245515-5014239,00.html
... and it isn't *just* Microsoft software, and it sure isn't new... http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23945533-5014108,00.html
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