____/ 7 on Sunday 16 September 2007 09:44 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Microsoft's plans for XP
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | In yet another conspiracist theory, I explain how Microsoft plans to
>> | phase out XP and force upgrades to Vista.
>> `----
>>
>> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92724/index.html
>>
>> More screwups ahead?
>>
>> Microsoft preps customers early in hopes of avoiding DST fallout
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=718
>
>
> Forced upgrades are an anti-trust issue to be levelled against
> any monopoly. They can and should because they are a monopoly be
> forced to open source their unsupported products if they
> want to drop full support for software in a time frame any
> less than 20 years (like with standard gov contracts).
Yes, someone in government is looking into this. They also try to use the BBC
now.
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