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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 03 June 2009 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Some kind of cheaper upgrade for existing Vista users is also being mulled over, something Fried noted she had received a lot of emails on, and something I and many others have said should at least be the case for Vista Ultimate users who received a series of Ultimate Extras most people wouldn’t bother paying for. Featured Whitepaper
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Windows 7 rumours have come in the last few days already talking of a Windows 7 SP1 build in the works, although no dates have been set for any SP1 release. Pricing for Windows 7 is also yet to be unveiled. The size of the hole Microsoft shoots into its foot will be heavily dependent on how greedy they are with Win 7 pricing, something that has been flagged as “higher prices”, although this could well be yet another red herring. Certainly if prices are high, consumer and media reaction will be swift and horrific for Microsoft, and will work exactly in Microsoft’s disfavour, pushing ever more customers over to a free Linux environment just to be free of the Microsoft taxman. After all, who wants to pay lots of money to Microsoft when Windows 7 involves learning a new environment, despite its familiarity, when the effort needed to upgrade to something like Ubuntu isn’t that much greater, and could actually be easier? The Road Ahead for Microsoft clearly wasn’t the one Bill Gates predicted, and unless Microsoft gets the launch of Windows 7 right, aside from the all-important code, Windows 7 will either be the beginning of the end for the company, the end of the beginning of Linux’s long-overdue ascension, or some kind of muddle through for both as Win 7 gains a lot of new market share but Linux distros do to. We are definitely living in interesting times! |
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