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Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista, has proven to be a tough sell. Faced with lackluster sales and a decidedly chilly reception from the press, garnering first place in PCWorld magazine’s “15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007,” the 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...
...Furthermore, although Vista sales may increase in the short term as a result of this decision, it may also ultimately hurt Microsoft’s market share. The firm’s few competitors in the operating system market, most notably Apple’s OS X, have been gaining ground in recent months . The scrappy Cupertino-based consumer electronics firm has seen a substantial increase in laptop sales, and has even released a series of advertisements poking fun at Vista’s more intrusive features, such as User Account Control . In these ways, Vista’s shortcomings...
...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...
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This kind of thing has precedent. In 1997 the album The Buena Vista Social Club hit big with a sound defunct even in its native Cuba. In 2000 the old-timey twang of the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou? grabbed a handful of Grammys. How do you revive an art form? A few hints...