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____/ George Orwell on Friday 23 Oct 2009 22:10 : \____
> Despite positive spinning by Microsoft the Vista 7 launch turned into
> one utter failure. The 'Windows 7 Launch Parties' were almost
> universally mocked and ridiculed by the press and the general public.
> The so-called 'Windows 7 Is The Best Sold Windows Ever' campaign turned
> out to be nothing more than channel-pushing, worse even than when Vista
> was launched, with retailers being prodded by huge discounts, which
> will disappear after launch. NO ONE is actually buying Vista 7. Sure,
> some clueless sod may buy some computer where the shit is pre-installed
> but that's about it. PC sales are NOT going to take off because
> Microsoft updates a few icons in Vista, smacked a new label on it and
> bribed a few journalist to write about it being a ' huge improvement'
> compared to its predecessor. Businesses aren't even contemplating
> upgrading their PC hardware and consumers are more concerned with
> keeping their jobs and being able to pay their mortgages.
>
> The only real growth, especially in this recession, lies in dirt-cheap
> netbooks and Smartbooks, which is where M$ will meet its Nemesis:
> Chrome OS (Linux) on ARM.
Windows Vista -- as terrible as it was -- at least had a decent launch. Vista 7
starts more badly than Vista.
Steve Ballmer admitted (see Reuters) that Vista 7 won't increase PC sales, so...
Also see today's results. Windows revenue fell from $4.28bn to $2.62bn. In one year!
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