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BIRMINGHAM (ANP) - Mike Foppen heeft de 10.000 meter op de EK atletiek in Birmingham niet afgemaakt. De atleet uit Nijmegen, die zichzelf kansen op een medaille toedichtte, stapte uit na ongeveer 6000 meter. Hij liep op dat moment nog mee in de kopgroep. Het was onduidelijk wat er aan de hand was.
Foppen kende in Birmingham ook al een tegenvallende 5000 meter. Hij kwam in die finale twee keer ten val en eindigde als elfde. Foppen verbeterde in maart van dit jaar nog het 24 jaar oude Nederlands record en zette het op 27.20,52.
De Zweed Andreas Almgren plaatste in de tweede helft een versnelling en kwam alleen aan kop te lopen. Hij nam een enorme voorsprong en won de titel in 27.23,44. Liefst negentien seconden later arriveerde de Zwitser Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu als tweede (27.42,67). De Fransman Jimmy Gressier liep naar het brons in 28.07,90.
Tim Verbaandert stapte kort na Foppen ook uit. Mahadi Abdi Ali, de derde Nederlander in het veld, liep de race wel uit en eindigde als zestiende.
It's not just RAM prices that are going up, writes CNET. "Reports suggest the cost of Windows licenses for manufacturers is rising by up to 10%."
Several sites that closely follow Microsoft news, including Windows Central and Windows Latest, have published articles citing a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News that claims some PC manufacturers are seeing a 7% to 10% increase in the cost of Windows 11 licenses...
Because they buy licenses in bulk, they get a sizeable discount over what a consumer would pay for a new copy of Windows 11. But given the existing cost pressures from other components, a big Windows 11 price hike could lead them to pass on some of the added cost to PC buyers. According to the EDN story, PC makers could raise prices by about 5% over the next quarter due to the reported Windows price hike. .. A translated version of the Economic Daily News article contains information from an unnamed PC brand executive. It says that while Microsoft typically raises licensing costs every year by single-digit percentages, that hike has reached 7% to 10% this year, a significant increase.
"A representative for Microsoft declined to comment on the report," according to the article.
But it also notes that three weeks ago laptop maker Framework blamed price hikes and reconfigurations for some of their models on processor, memory, storage, "and other silicon costs — but also "an increase in Windows license costs."
Thanks to Slashdot reader joshuark for sharing the article.
Several sites that closely follow Microsoft news, including Windows Central and Windows Latest, have published articles citing a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily News that claims some PC manufacturers are seeing a 7% to 10% increase in the cost of Windows 11 licenses...
Because they buy licenses in bulk, they get a sizeable discount over what a consumer would pay for a new copy of Windows 11. But given the existing cost pressures from other components, a big Windows 11 price hike could lead them to pass on some of the added cost to PC buyers. According to the EDN story, PC makers could raise prices by about 5% over the next quarter due to the reported Windows price hike. .. A translated version of the Economic Daily News article contains information from an unnamed PC brand executive. It says that while Microsoft typically raises licensing costs every year by single-digit percentages, that hike has reached 7% to 10% this year, a significant increase.
"A representative for Microsoft declined to comment on the report," according to the article.
But it also notes that three weeks ago laptop maker Framework blamed price hikes and reconfigurations for some of their models on processor, memory, storage, "and other silicon costs — but also "an increase in Windows license costs."
Thanks to Slashdot reader joshuark for sharing the article.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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