____/ John Locke on Monday 30 July 2007 01:59 : \____
> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:16:45 -0400, "jim" <jim@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Yep, they admitted its a mistake - more by their actions (releasing an OEM
>>tool to make it easier to roll back to XP from Vista) than by words.
>>
>>http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2007/20070704_microsoft_simplifies_xp_rollback.htm
>
> ...and what's going to happen at the end of the year when there
> are no more XP licenses available and millions of customers are still
> demanding XP be installed ?
>
> The OEM installation medium should have included an optional install for
> XP Pro good until at least 2010. Microsoft will probably be forced
> into extending XP licensing else there's going to be a real public
> relations war.
I still wonder if the following source can be trusted.
Microsoft To Fine Retail Stores $250,000 For Offering XP
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| If we even mention the fact that we carry the model with XP preloaded to a
| Microsoft secret shopper the store will be fined by Microsoft for $250,000
| dollars. So even though we offer a PC with XP Pro we are not allowed to tell
| you we do out of fear that Microsoft will fine us for 1/4 of a million
| dollars.
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http://nomad1984.blinkinblog.com/microsoft-to-fine-retail-stores-250000-for-offering-xp.html
It sounds like corporate bullying and it's also customer torture. Microsoft
knows that Vista is broken.
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
,----[ Quote ]
| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
I'm highlighting a subquote that comes to mind.
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
|
| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
|
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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