Posted on 05/03/2009 11:22:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono
How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7? The company isn't saying. With previous versions of Windows, Microsoft used a transition period when old and new versions of Windows were available to help corporate customers manage their transition to the new version of the operating system. This time Microsoft aims to put the ghosts of its Vista troubles to rest as soon as possible, and could stop selling Vista as soon as Windows 7 is released. "We are still not sure if [computer makers] will be able to ship Vista once Windows 7 is made available. Having said that, an enterprise customer that purchases a PC with Windows 7 pre-installed is allowed to downgrade to Vista should they desire, similar to what we have today on Vista to XP," wrote Richard Francis, general manager and Windows client business group lead at Microsoft Asia-Pacific, in an e-mail.
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Maybe the initial reports on the DRM are too harsh then. I was under the impression you couldn’t do anything without Microsoft phoning home.
Nothing shows up on my router running Tomato which has zero Microsoft code in it.
Me too. I've been a user since it's release. While it hasn't been completely bug free, I believe it's very solid and the best OS that Microsoft has released.
I'm going to upgrade to 7RC this afternoon and I'm hopeful that the few bugs that I've found have been fixed with this latest release. Someone should start a MS 7 RC live thread. The only reason I gave MS a second shot (switched entirely to Linux and Mac after the Vista debacle), was because several people on FR were so complimentary towards W7.
I dont know what you guys are doing, but I havent had any DRM issues with Vista, I am even using it to run a Home Theater PC. of course I am not trying to record a show a HBO(dont have any premuim movie channels) but I do rip dvd’s and store them on my hugemongus(soon to be tiny) 1t harddrive.
Vista is to computing what the interest only mortgage loan is to home ownership.
Microsoft by design makes the software that exhausts the hardware as boldly as they dare, which ensures near future sales of hardware, therefore every hardware producer favors Microsoft.
There is only one conclusion, Microsoft obviously needs tarp money and the government needs to prop up their monopoly. As this would least serve the taxpayer and consumer -it is the one obvious choice! You’ll get a $50 tax deduction off you next PC.
Don’t buck the tend.
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