nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Apr 19, 6:48 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Dell casts doubts on Vista
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>>> Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows
>>> XP on some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow
>>> to Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
>>>
>
> Of course Microsoft intends to cut off support for XP, by 2008 I've
> heard, and thus force everyone to upgrade.
How can they force anyone to upgrade? I've been using Excel 2000 for nearly
six years, and they ended "mainstream" support June 2004 - nearly 3 years
ago. Why wasn't I forced to upgrade to Excel XP, then Excel 2003, then
Excel 2007?
Millions and millions still run Win98, and official support for that OS
ended a while ago. Why wasn't everyone forced to upgrade to Win2K, then XP,
then Vista?
(nessuno slinks away like every other cola bozo who can't support their
weird anti-MS blathering).
> In the meantime, if I
> understand it right, Dell can't sell new machines with XP on them if
> Microsoft doesn't sell Dell the licences. So they could cut this off,
> too, if they wanted to.
I sure hope so. It's their product to do with as they wish. I know you
Linux goobs think MS should be forced to do as you wish, but the world
outside cola is a very different place than the alternate reality presented
here.
> OTOH, if customers massively demand XP, even
> if it merely delays substantial Vista adoption by a year or so, it is
> not good news for Microsoft.
It's a major black eye for MS, in my book - and they brought it on
themselves. Too many incompatibilities with existing apps and games and
hardware, apparently poor upgrade results, and a perception of excessive
hardware requirements (which is only partly true - it doesn't need a fast
processor or expensive video card, but I do think 2gb RAM is necessary for a
good Vista experience. And that's absurd.).
> The real opportunities for Linux uptake
> may not be right now so much as a year from now when the pressures to
> upgrade become stronger.
Any decade now, and Linux will be taking over.
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