Re: Vista Myths

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:55:06 -0800, Mr Ed Of Course wrote:

>
> Martin Kess wrote:
>> > They've screwed this up. Badly.

> Imagine the billions and billions Microsoft could've made each year or
> two with Windows upgrades and something like iLife.

No, this is wrong. It actually doesn't make sense for Microsoft to have
frequent upgrades to Windows. Who would buy it? Microsoft's corporate
customers wouldn't buy it. They don't want to upgrade. What about
consumers? Won't sell much to them, either, because most consumers use
whatever OS comes with the PC they buy. Whether it's XP or XP 2, they
don't care. Most people don't buy computers for the operating system, they
buy it for the software that runs on it. Having frequent upgrades only
increases the chance that you'll break compatibility for older software,
nullifying the greatest strength of Windows.

Microsoft knows about this problem and they're quite worried about it. It
shows that they going to be facing diminishing revenues in the future,
because businesses and consumers are becoming less and less willing to
upgrade. Except for the security problems, many Windows users are
perfectly satisfied with XP. They're even more satisfied with Office.
These programs are packed with features, many of which are rarely used.
How on earth can Microsoft make compelling upgrades to these products? It
can't, not in the long run.
.

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