It’s a ruse to get you to switch to crappy Vista.
I was thinking almost the same thing. MS slogan used to be "DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run". I guess now it's Vista isn't done until XP won't run".
I got a new laptop with Windows Vista, it is CRAP.
“It’s a ruse to get you to switch to crappy Vista.”
It succeeded...in getting me to switch to the Mac.
I helped him out as much as I could, but a lot of it came down to "You have to BUY the Vista version of the app...", speaking of forcing upgrades, "as 2006 and earlier versions are not supported..."
I'm having trouble updating (XP) Framework 2.0, myself, just on one machine. I've been too lazy to go through the hassle of doing it from scratch.
Again. Happened one of the last times they did an update of it, too.
The FUD (fear uncertainty and doubt) are finally and I mean finally coming back to haunt good old Microsoft.
Mr. Bill has finally left the building and the rats are going after the cheese.
Microsoft could recover from this one, they still have Bills Billions, but it’s going to take a little bit of work and some good ole american ingenuity.
FUD is not quite going to do it for them this time. And everyone can get just about everything they offer now , legally for free as open source. Bwwaaaaahhhh...
After taking down company after company by selling their products for less and bundling with their OS.
They are finally going to have to eat their good ole we’re smarter and cheaper than everyone else dog food.