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Dell Warns of Vista Upgrade Challenges
Mattaburn writes with a story up on ZDNet UK reporting that Dell is warning businesses of the migration challenges that lie ahead as they move to Vista. The article notes what an unusual step it is for a company of Dell's size to be "toning down its sales pitch for Microsoft's Vista operating system" — particularly because "one of the issues the hardware vendor is warning business about is the extra hardware they will need to buy." Quoting: "'They need to be looking at the number of images they will be installing and the size of these images,' said Dell's European client services business manager, Niall Fitzgerald. 'A 2GB image for each user will have a big impact.'"
This sounds like a way to boost hardware sales.
Yes, I'm left. You have a problem with that?
M$: It's time to pay us again what you owe us for that defective OS we sold you.
victim: We can't afford it. Widows and orphans need the money...
M$: What can you afford?
victim: $250000!
M$: OK, for that we will only break one knee. Remember this next time and don't be late!
victim: Oh! Thank you, M$!
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Every time I hear people willingly paying the M$ tax it makes me sad/angry. There are hundreds of millions of folks around the world who have just upgraded to XP, which was obsolete in 2001 when it was released, IMHO. I work in education where PHBs boast about being Wintel shops and there are classrooms with 0 or 1 PC in a classroom running that obsolete OS. It is all they can do to maintain a few labs where kids are scheduled to visit. If they used FLOSS, they could have twice as many PCs in schools and more peripherals for the same or less money. IT is not fulfilling its promise to education simply because of the M$ tax.
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