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Next, Microsoft Will Release An Even Worse Operating System To Jack Up The
Prices On Vista...
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| The launch of Vista has been a massive disappointment for the company, not a
| part of a nefarious strategy to jack up the prices on XP.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090217/0229423793.shtml
Texas Man Gets Prison Time for Software Piracy
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| A 24-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling
| counterfeit software on about 40 Web sites, the U.S. Department of Justice
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159695/texas_man_gets_prison_time_for_software_piracy.html?tk=rss_news
Days ago:
Vista Versus Money
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| Money, money, money; that's us.
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| Microsoft should understand that -- just as we understand why Microsoft has
| started to push Vista with arguments ranging from the sincere to the screwy.
| (No, Steve Ballmer, most users won't ask their boss why they can't get Vista
| at work this year; they just want to keep getting a paycheck this year.)
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159654/vista_upgrades.html?tk=rss_news
Microsoft Denies It Profits From Vista-to-XP Downgrades
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| "Customers have been forced to purchase the most expensive version of
| [Windows XP] in order to 'downgrade' from the Windows Vista operating
| system," the complaint read.
|
| That was the cause of some confusion last year, when Dell Inc. was accused of
| gouging customers by charging $150 to downgrade a new computer to XP. Dell,
| however, countered that although it did charge $20 to install XP on the
| machine, as well as to cover the cost of the additional media, the bulk --
| $120 of the $150 -- was the price of upgrading the PC from the standard Home
| Premium to the more expensive Business edition.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159646/vista_xp_downgrade.html?tk=rss_news
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