Analyst wisdom, aka space-filler, should be taken with a sack of salt. But it may amuse :-) http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903501 - d.
Very interesting Article. Not doubting it may happen, but those greedy ** at Microsoft, will not likely do this. The next version of Windows (7) is actually going to be released with 6 SKU's.. including a 'Home Basic' with heavily disabled features for poorer countries.