[Revolting cat!]

It's eggzakly what Microsoft is doing with its products: give away the operating system (I bought my XP Pro in Thailand for $3!) and then charge for the upgrades. A perfectly legal business model.

[AlexW]

"I bought my XP Pro in Thailand for $3!"

You can buy most any software in Thailand for less then $3 per COPY.
I bought plenty of it in Bangkok in late 1999.
They ignore copyright law.