In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:19:12 +0000
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> Windows PCs Subject to Clogging, Need Draino
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> | The release of a new OS begins both a new hardware buying
> | cycle and an upgrade cycle. Since the buying cycle is
> | stretched to six years or more, you end up with an
> | interesting phenomenon: The upgrade cycle is contaminated
> | with machines too old to upgrade. This causes the entire
> | system to break down because the upgrade cycle immediately
> | feeds back into the perception of the new product.
> | In the situation with Vista, too many old clunkers
> | couldn't be upgraded and the OS was given a bad reputation.
> | This was worsened by Microsoft itself discouraging upgrades
> | and admitting to problems. Combined with the Apple attack
> | ads the public perception of Vista skewed to the negative.
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> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328809,00.asp
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Somebody is slightly clueless.
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> Related:
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> Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed
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> | Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista -- however,
> | the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have bought
> | Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.
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> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm
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Or sell the hardware it's actually on, by some accounts. ;-)
Microsoft gets paid. The hardware sits. The users wonder.
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