How many copies of Vista does Microsoft plan to sell?

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I heard the Vista would only come preinstalled, and you couldn't purchase a
copy on DVD. So I guess that has changed?
 
Shenan said:
Cursory glance and I see many similarities to OEM licensing.
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Yup...but probably not the pricing. It couldn't be that Microsoft
is considering following the Adobe route by catering to the markets
that can afford to pay top dollar or buy in volume lots? I can see
it now...Vista basic to the large OEM-builders such as Dell, HP,
etc., bundled into systems for the home-buyer. And volume license
kits and individual user licenses for businesses, education centers,
organizations, guilds, societies, etc., and supported/managed by each
of them. And maybe a smaller number of OEM-DSP kits to the mom-and-pop
builders and stores for the hobbyists. Just more profit by eliminating
more overhead.
 
Garrot said:
With a BS license like this they aren't going to sell nearly as
many copies of Vista as they sold of XP.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=116p://
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Shenan said:
Cursory glance and I see many similarities to OEM licensing.
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I heard the Vista would only come preinstalled, and you couldn't
purchase a copy on DVD. So I guess that has changed?
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That I had not heard and I feel VERY comfortable about calling BS on. =)
That is *not* going to happen.

Microsoft would not benefit from *only* selling the OS with new computers.
 
Microsoft would not benefit from *only* selling the OS with new computers.
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They aren't going to "benefit" as much with that crap license Vista has
either. Hardware enthusiats aren't going to buy Vista with this license
scheme in place.
 
Garrot said:
Hardware enthusiats aren't going to buy Vista with this license
scheme in place.
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"Hardware enthusiasts" constitute a *very* small market compared with the
size of the market that Vista is targeted for.
 
Opinicus said:
"Hardware enthusiasts" constitute a *very* small market compared with the
size of the market that Vista is targeted for.
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It's a growing segment. In Spain, where I live, many people build their
own boxes or have a chain build them a white box to their specs. I know
of one store that started out in what looked like a cave building white
boxes. They now have stores all over the country due to the wide demand
for white boxes and they aren't the only chain doing this. I guess you
mean in the USA there aren't many people smart enough to buy a white box
and, instead, buy the crap from the likes of Dell and HP. Then again,
the USA voted for Bush so not much intelligence can be expected from there.

Hopefully, the EU won't tolerate this crap.

Alias
 
"Hardware enthusiasts" constitute a *very* small market compared with the
size of the market that Vista is targeted for.
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Oh, so you're saying we don't matter in the great scheme of things so ****
them, right? That's real good business practice.

BTW, Microsoft are now spreading doublespeak and saying this license
agreement has always applied to all versions of Windows. Remind me again
why I paid $100.00 more for retail XP when they now say it has the same
limitation as OEM version.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_licensing.asp

Windows transfer rights

There's a funny myth going around that says you have a right to transfer a
single copy of Windows XP (or any previous Windows version) to as many
computers as you like, as often as you like, and for any reason you like.
This myth exists because the Windows XP EULA is vaguely worded. It states,
"You may move [Windows XP] to a different Workstation Computer. After the
transfer, you must completely remove [Windows XP] from the former
Workstation Computer." Pundits argue, incorrectly, that this EULA
implicitly allows any user to continually move a single copy of Windows XP
from machine to machine as often as they'd like. One online pundit decided
this meant that "there are no restrictions on the number of times you can
transfer the software from one computer to another in your household or
office." That person is, however, incorrect. As it turns out, the Windows
license is pretty simple: Windows is tied to a single device (typically a
PC), and not to a person.
 
"The problem, of course, was that some people felt they could install a
single copy of Windows as many times as they wanted. "It's always been per
copy, per device," Boettcher said."
1, I have only ever used a copy of windows xp home on 1 computer but i like
to clean itevery now and then now everytime i do format I get the 3rd degree
from MS coz i have to ring up for a phone activation even whan i play with
the ram everything its not good to treat customers like this
2, I have ppl EVERYwhere saying there moving to mac's unix etc and I dont
blame them im thinking of doing the same
IE Mac is slowly allowing and supporting more and more on there systems unix
is getting more advanced suddenly ms seems like the last option to alot of
users I think this eula even corectly said will hurt ms bad iv always been
one to susgest ms as a home os for users but through out the os's they have
made agreements that keep getting worse and worse
answer to question How many copies of Vista does Microsoft plan to sell?
Not many infact i think there just giving the market back to mac.
well i wont be buying it and i will be moving to a differnt system once xp
updates finsh.
 
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