"[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:i9eeh4-g7v.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> Microsoft Partner Points to Soft Vista Demand
>>
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>> | Overall, it's difficult to say how well Vista is doing. Yes, Microsoft
>> | has sold more than 20 million Vista licenses. But how many customers
>> | actually requested the operating system?
>
> Q: When is a sale, not a sale?
> A: When it's just channel stuffing.
>
> Thing is MS still get their money, still bump up the stats, and then
> Sweaty B. jumps on a podium and claims a huge success, but how many
> actual *customers* *buy* or subsequently *keep* Vista?
>
Very, very close to 100% if not exactly 100%.
> It's the old fallacy of if it sells well it must be good, but in the
> case of Vista it's just smoke and mirrors. I pity the victims of this
> scam, and ultimately the OEM's too, once they start feeling the long
> term effects. Dell have already taken at least two different steps to
> rectify the situation. Who's next? Lenovo?
>
Big giant steps? Where do you sign up for your Ubuntu desktop from Dell?
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