Linked by David Adams on Thu 9th Jul 2009 19:49 UTC
Windows 7 Home and Professional upgrades are 50+% off at Amazon.com until July 11. That's $49.99 for home and $99.99 for Professional. Ultimate is not discounted, at $219.99. If you buy using this link, OSNews earns an 8% commission on the sale.
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Oh, boy. You've just given those who accuse osnews of being "Microsoft shills" some serious ammunition. I'm not saying you are, seeing as how it's from Amazon not Microsoft, but fair warning... the storm is likely coming.
I don't see how. How would wanting to earn some money to support the site make them Microsoft shills? There is no hint of any partiality towards Windows7 in the brief (5 seconds) announcement. It's not saying buy Windows7 cause it kicks linux's ass, or buy it because it's cool, or whatever. It's if buy it through us we'll get some money, that's all.
And to all the people commenting about how they won't pay because of linux - well I understand your point. Yeah, MS would have to pay me to use its products, especially given the fact that I still can use XP for free, thanks to the campus agreement while I was a uni. student. Although I'm not a student anymore and I'm not entitled to use it, I couldn't care less. I have no ethical qualms about pirating a product from a company that over the past decades, displayed a complete lack of ethics whatsoever. So given two free options, I chose the better product (better for me anyway) - I use linux/KDE. But that's beside the point.
The point is that there are people out there who for whatever reason would buy Windows7 anyway. For them this is a great opportunity to both save some money and help a website that they presumably read regularly - a win-win situation for everyone I would say, including those of us who'll never use windows for one reason or another.