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MS To Offer Free Windows 7 Upgrade To Vista Users

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-get-what-you-pay-for dept.

crazyeyes writes "With Windows 7 set for release in Dec. 09, Microsoft is getting ready with their free upgrade program, which allows Vista users to switch to Windows 7 when it arrives. The folks at TechARP have consistently scored accurate scoops on Microsoft software releases. They have now revealed Microsoft's upgrade plans, schedules and even screenshots of the upgrade process."

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  1. Somewhere in Redmond... by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 5, Funny

    Underling: Sir, here's the latest report on Vista Ultimate sales... it's pretty dismal.
    Ballmer: Hmmm...I see. Alright, here's the plan: Revise the current Windows 7 Upgrade Program to allow OEMs to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista Ultimate - for FREE! And leak this to the tech community right away!!
    Underling: Uh...sir, pardon me saying so, but won't that appear as an obvious ploy to sell more of our most overrated - and least worthwhile - product?
    Ballmer: Yes...you may be right. Those basement dwellers can be pretty sharp...hmmm...I know! Add that free option for Vista Home Premium and Vista Business! We should make up, in additional sales of those, what "loss" we incur with the free upgrades. We should be able to minimize that by frightening the OEMs with scary "Program Compliance" requirements. We can also limit large business deployments by restricting the number of upgrades per mailing address. Finally, send a memo to the developers: Remove all the previously most-desired-by-the-tech-community features planned for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional, so that these features ONLY exist in Windows 7 Ultimate...
    Underling: Right away, sir!
    ...
    (Ballmer throws a chair at the back of exiting Underling)
    Underling: Ou--I mean, thank you, sir! May I have another?
    Ballmer: You'll go far here, son...

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    Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
    1. Re:Somewhere in Redmond... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, they're (sic) is one thing more pathetic...

    2. Re:Somewhere in Redmond... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Great idea!

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  2. Fool me once, shame on you by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fool me 12 times, shame on me

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    1. Re:Fool me once, shame on you by stonedcat · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's what she said.

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  3. downgrade by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

    and when we get frustrated by windows 7 not living up to the hype, will we get free downgrades back to XP?

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    1. Re:downgrade by theheadlessrabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

      did I just get modded '-1 troll' for bashing microsoft on slashdot?

      should I have included a line about chair-throwing overlords or something?

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  4. Service Packs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aren't service packs always free?

    1. Re:Service Packs by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

      Aren't service packs always free?

      That's because the copyright has expired by the time they're released.

  5. Honestly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will wait for the "free upgrade" on the torrents

  6. Re:No News by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are most PC's available now Windows 7 capable?

    Maybe if MS introduced a sticker for which ones are...

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  7. Re:I see your free software and raise you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    * I have demands that require MS Windows.

    Yup. WinAPI makes me horny as well.
    *Ahhh*
    MessageBoxW
    *Mmnhhh*

  8. Re:I see your free software and raise you? by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 5, Funny

    abandoned roadkill sandwich? Who the hell goes through the trouble of making a delicious road kill sandwich and doesn't eat it when its fresh? If you don't like roadkill why make the sandwich?

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  9. Re:I see your free software and raise you? by VGPowerlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, i^2 was too negative, and its replacement, i^3 was imaginary AND negative... luckily i^4 had none of those problems...

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