Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 23rd Dec 2006 17:42 UTC
"I can't count how many times people have asked me if Windows XP would be available on new PCs following Vista's release. In the near term, the answer is as much a factor of user demand and OEM and system builder policies. That said, Microsoft will make Windows XP available for from 12 to 24 months after Vista's general availability, depending on the sales channel."
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2006-12-16
Why on Earth would you buy Vista when you can still buy Windows XP? Vista offers little, for a much larger price tag.
Don't be surprised to see XP availability go out of the Window when Vista sales aren't forthcoming. Of course, with Microsoft's illegal stranglehold on the OEM market, they'll probably still get away with it. I mean, if you can no longer buy XP OEM preloaded on a new PC/Laptop, then that pretty much kills XP yes? Sure, Microsoft can still offer XP retail, but very few people buy the retail versions.
It's about time governments started taking action on Microsoft's OEM agreements, banning them from being able to increase the license prices if a OEM manufacturer decides to ship their systems with an alternative operating system. Banning Microsoft from dictating the terms that no OEM computers must ship without an operating system. It's a protection racket/rort, nothing more and nothing less.
Microsoft is so afraid of real competition that it uses its monopolistic powers to stop competition. It has done it before, it will do it again, because in reality it knows that it will never be punished by an American government for fear of the damage to the US economy that it'd do.
Dave