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MS Offers Vista Upgrade Pricing To All

Posted by kdawson on from the sultan-Bill's-house-of-software dept.

SlinkySausage writes "With a vague whiff of desperation, Microsoft is offering anyone who downloaded one of the betas or release candidates of Vista upgrade pricing for the full version. The 'special' deal is a sweetener for the fact that the betas will start expiring and becoming non-functional from May 31st. APC Magazine in Australia writes: 'Windows Vista is starting to look like those Persian rug stores which are always having a "closing down" sale... All stock has been slashed, save $$$, why pay more?'" Perhaps Microsoft is cognizant of straws in the wind such as a recent InformationWeek survey indicating that 30% of business have no intention of moving to Vista, ever.

3 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Hmm by pallmall1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...but not slowly than Ubuntu users are upgrading to the last Fety thingy
    Linux users are not forced to upgrade like Windows users are.
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    3 things about computers: they're alive, they're self-aware, and they hate your guts.
  2. (snif) you don't have predatory pricing with linux by swschrad · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the only way to look at vista is DOWN...

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    if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
  3. Re:Remembering the Windows XP days: it wasnt this by Macthorpe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I've heard Linux called "a pile of festering shit".

    In other news, wishing doesn't make it so :P

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    "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien