__/ [ John Locke ] on Monday 23 April 2007 23:25 \__
>>But then, just on principle, I would never buy Vista, much less use it
>>(my experiment with the free Beta was more time with Vista than I ever
>>want). There just isn't enough money in the world to convince me otherwise.
>>
> Microsoft's image is one their big problems right now. A bad image can
> really hurt sales even if you had a viable product on the market.
>
> The Win drones and uninformed users should be maxed out by now
> on Vista purchases, so I expect to see a real decline in sales coming
> up soon.
>
> If Microsoft was smart, they'd reduce the price on all Vista installs
> to $10.00 and view the disaster as a failed experiment....whoops,
> I only have $8.98 in my pocket...guess that leaves me out...darn.
You can't put a price (or a discount) on freedom (or lack thereof). It's not
a matter of price as measured by one's pocket. Nobody would /sell/ the soul
to the devil (or give personal data to a DRM trap).
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