Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 03 May 2007 11:37 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Vista Ultimate Not So Ultimate After All
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| It seems Microsoft has decided that its ultimate version of Windows
>>>| Vista, the "choice for those who want to have it all", is not worthy
>>>| of Extended Support, while the lower cost consumer editions of
>>>| Microsoft Office are. Only time will tell if Microsoft bows into
>>>| the pressure from consumers of Windows Vista.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.techsphere.org/wordpress/2007/03/01/vista-ultimate-not-so-ultimate-after-all/
>>>
>>>
>>> Related:
>>>
>>> Microsoft raises support fees for Windows, Office
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Microsoft quietly raised last week its per-incident support prices
>>>| across the board for Windows and Office.
>>>|
>>>| Support for Windows XP and Windows Vista now costs $59 per incident.
>>>| Prior to the Vista launch, the per-incident support price for
>>>| Windows was $39.
>>> `----
>>
>> I can see that Microsoft are, to a great extent, recognising the need to
>> move to a support-based business model. Unfortunately, without the
>> lock-in they've become used to, the vast charges they used to make will
>> not longer be sustainable. A few large businesses will no doubt fall
>> for it for a while, but in the end, this particular seam will be
>> exhausted.
>
> This explains why they battle ODF so aggressively (pushing laws to their
> limits, if not go beyond them). Office 2007 adds some more lockins, despite
> that OOXML tripe which they say is 'Open'. It's a decoy.
>
Absolutely - the OOXML is another way of fooling the Ashley Highfield's
of the world, who do not understand how lock-in works, and are
sufficiently technically incompetent to be fooled by such tricks. Hence
we get a BBC video streaming service launched which only works on a
handful of computers, and riddled with DRM. The poor state of science
education in the UK must be at least partially responsible for ensuring
such people end up in decision-making positions.
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