Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 8th Dec 2006 00:24 UTC
The holiday season hasn't gone exactly as Microsoft had hoped and Ballmer sits down with CNET News.com to discuss life after Vista, battling the iPod, and the rising importance of mobile devices.
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Member since:2005-06-29
People don't upgrade their OSes. They buy a new computer with the latest OS installed on it.
I suggest this is an over generalization. It would be more accurate to say that "most home and SOHO MicroSoft Windows users don't buy upgrades for their OS."
MacOS, BSD, Linux, and Solaris users upgrade (whether paid or not), mid-size and large offices upgrade, and home users install free patches which effectively upgrade.
Member since:2006-01-06
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2006-01-06
Right now I think XP is good enough for most people and that satisfaction is going to keep people from actively getting Vista.
People don't upgrade their OSes. They buy a new computer with the latest OS installed on it. Consequently, as soon as Vista is available, OEMs are going to offer it to customers -- and those customers are going to buy it. Dell is going to actively phase out XP and transition everyone to Vista. I didn't make up these facts. It's reality.