Microsoft Disses Windows to Sell More Windows

mjasay writes "I stumbled across this fascinating Microsoft tutorial entitled "How to Justify a Desktop Upgrade." It's an attempt to coach IT professionals on how to sell Windows desktop upgrades internally. Apparently the value of Vista is not readily apparent, requiring detailed instructions on how to connive and cajole into an upgrade from XP. The most intriguing thing about the tutorial is its implicit rejection of Microsoft's older technology. Just a few years ago Microsoft was pitching the world on how secure and cool XP was. Now it's telling us largely the opposite, implying that XP is a security threat, costs too much to run, and so on. With Microsoft marketing against itself, perhaps the Mac and Linux camps can simply wait for Microsoft to self-destruct?"

Comments

Re:That's the point

[Eddy Luten]

Linux also has a much longer support lifecycle

PS, I'd love to see Linux' support program, could you send me their phone number?

Re:Default Administrators

[EdIII]

LOL. That is such a great fucking analogy for Microsoft and DRM in general.

ROFL.

I have not laughed that hard in awhile. Thanks.

Blythely Ignoring the Obvious

[mpapet]

Warning! You've entered the Microsoft Reality Distortion Field.

While it **looks** like a proper unix-ish escalation at the gui level, it most certainly is not at the OS level. UAC is not and does not prevent privilege escalation in the same manner as a unix-ish OS.

UAC is permeable. Despite Microsoft's efforts to paint it as unix-ish, it is not. It is nothing like it. Mark Russinovich describes UAC's massive shortcomings in great technical detail.

I'm all for using the best tool for the job. In fact I make my living babysitting windows boxes, but Vista is not the best tool for the unknowing user as a desktop.

Re:Is an old version of Linux better than the late

[Rogerborg]

Normally I'd say that when I had the "pleasure" of meeting RMS that he did indeed smell mildly of urine. However, I won't, because all of the zealots who haven't met him would go hog-wild troll rating me.