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Thu, 15 May 2008 02:19:00 GMT |
Joseph Marton wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2008 17:10:06 +0000, Chris Cox wrote:
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>> While I agree that M$ messed up a bit, the BEST thing for M$ to do is
to
>> FORCE everyone to Vista. There really isn't a choice. If Microsoft
>> doesn't do this, then they are admitting that they are stupid.... and
>> that's just not going to happen.
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> But they didn't force everyone to upgrade to Me. Instead they started
> veering people towards Windows 2000, then finally finished the killing of
> the old stuff with the release of XP. No matter how hard they try they'll
> never be able to force people from XP to Vista. It's just not going to
> happen, at least not in businesses. So if "resistance is futile"
applies
> to anyone it's M$.
>
So your point is to accept the FORCED upgrade to whatever is after
Vista... fine.... if that comes...
That's entirely different than holding onto XP. In either case,
M$ is forcing you forward.
I'll stand behind my "resistance if futile". Only because
Microsoft stands to lose about a katrillion times more than
what was at stake with Me.
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Thu, 15 May 2008 12:39:22 GMT |
On Thu, 15 May 2008 02:19:00 +0000, Chris Cox wrote:
> So your point is to accept the FORCED upgrade to whatever is after
> Vista... fine.... if that comes...
That's assuming that Windows 7 is a good product. As bad as Vista is
there is absolutely no way Microsoft can afford to put out a second
release equally as bad. There's already a decent number of people looking
into Mac and Linux because of how bad Vista is. Putting out a second
release equally as bad would significantly accelerate the defections.
> That's entirely different than holding onto XP. In either case, M$ is
> forcing you forward.
No, it's not different. Eventually people have to move forward, but right
now there is no good option to which to move. If the choice is XP or
Vista, people have spoken that the choice is XP.
> I'll stand behind my "resistance if futile".
Yes, that is true for Steve & Bill and the rest of them. Resistance is
futile. People will continue to use XP.
--
Joe
"Those of you who think you know everything are annoying to those of us who
do."
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