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Windows 7 Licensing a "Disaster" For XP Shops
snydeq writes "Enterprise licensing for Windows 7 could cause major headaches and add more cost to the Windows 7 migration effort, InfoWorld reports. Under the proposed license, businesses that purchase PCs with Windows 7 pre-installed within six months of the Oct. 23 launch date will be able to downgrade those systems to XP, and later upgrade back to Windows 7 when ready to migrate users. PCs bought after April 22, 2010, however, can only be downgraded to Vista — no help for XP-based organizations, which would be wise to wait 12 to 18 months before adopting Windows 7, so that they can test hardware and software compatibility and ensure their vendors' Windows 7 support meets their needs. XP shops that chose not to install Vista will have to either rush their migration process or spend extra to enroll in Microsoft's Software Assurance program, which allows them to install any OS version — for about $90 per year per PC."
Hate that goddamn ribbon, if it wasnt for keyboard shortcuts I still couldnt print or save.
Good-bye
Mac shops have admins?
I thought they just had baristas.
a cow-orkers laptop
This post brought to you by explicit.slashdot.org. Let's keep it SFW, guys. None of this backwoods paraphilia.
SIGSEGV caught, terminating
wait... not that kind of sig.
Even though you're gay for linux, you seem to be able to see /. for what it is.
How can you be gay for linux? Does that mean you are a linux too? Or is it simply enough to be any sort of OS? Like Vista?
If you are Vista and you want to have sex with Linux, does that make you gay?
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
Windows is far from the only obstacle keeping Linux off the desktop.
Blasphemer!
Linux is perfect, it is totally ready for the desktop.
I want to tell you all the reasons why linux is perfect, but I'm going to have to keep this brief, since I'm still recovering from a kernal update that went horribly wrong. but once I get my wifi working again, I can fix my no sound in flash issues. Hopefully, that wont break my DVD playback abilities this time, which i finally got to work, despite the screen saver still popping up after being turned off...
but, once I get all that out of the way, you can expect a long list of reasons why linux is indeed ready for the desktop.
-I only code in BASIC.-
Strangely enough, the internet is pretty consistent, you're just measuring the wrong thing and calling it signal. The internet says, loud and clear,
99% PORN
1% Mindless rambling about other crap while waiting for porn to download.
The internet is a steadfast brick wall of consistency. Or perhaps a hard, throbbing rod of consistency.
Looks like I crossed the memes.
You fool! You'll kill us all!