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...Redmond-based software giant has responded by deciding to stop offering Vista’s popular predecessor, Windows Experience (XP), for sale in retail and other channels. This move is not only a poorly concealed ploy to boost flagging Vista sales, but is also a policy that will hurt Microsoft in the long...
...order to fully understand the disastrous implications of this decision, one must consider the fact that Microsoft does not actually sell a copy of Windows to either companies or customers; instead, it merely licenses the rights to its software on a per-client basis. With its planned termination of new license sales, Microsoft is essentially forcing its customers into upgrading either their hardware or software. Given Vista’s particularly steep hardware requirements—according to The New York Times, only about six percent of business computers will be able to run it—this transition should...
...Traditionally, Microsoft has allowed older license-holders a fairly lengthy transition period. Customer and corporate licenses for Microsoft Disk Operating System (DOS) 6.xx, one of Microsoft’s most successful products, were available for sale from 1994 to 2001—a staggering seven years . During this period, Windows 95, 98, 98 Second Edition, 2000, and Millennium Edition were all released, but Microsoft continued to offer DOS as a viable option for its clients with older hardware or software needs . Supporting consumers who still use a firm’s older products is not just good business; it also...
...Finally, Microsoft’s aggressive marketing of Vista already has and will continue to hurt the PC industry as a whole. In late 2006, Microsoft began pushing computer manufacturers to certify various products as “Vista Ready” or “Vista Capable,” when in fact many of these machines were only capable of running a crippled version of the software, which The New York Times deemed to be “too stripped down to be worthwhile.” As a result, the company recently faced a class-action lawsuit...
...sale . With Service Pack 1 for Vista due to be released this month, many of the kinks with the initial release should be ironed out . As such, Vista now has the potential to become a strong product. When Vista is ready to stand on its own, the market, not Microsoft, should decide when it has had enough of Windows...