Windows 7 SHOULD BE FREE FOR UPGRADE

[JP]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista to
"test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later, Microsoft
comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

 

[measekite's psychiatrist]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista to
"test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later, Microsoft
comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

So a new Operating System comes out and you think it should be FREE? Would
you spend millions of dollars creating a new product just to give it away?

If Vista makes you sick, maybe you should wipe your system clean, contact
Alias our resident Ubuntu troll and he will help you install Ubuntu on your
system.

 

[Alias]

So a new Operating System comes out and you think it should be FREE?

Considering that it's Vista SP3, of course!

Would
you spend millions of dollars creating a new product just to give it away?

When Micro$lut creates a new product, be sure and alert the media!

If Vista makes you sick, maybe you should wipe your system clean, contact
Alias our resident Ubuntu user and he will help you install Ubuntu on your
system.

You forgot the url: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Alias

 

[Alias]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista to
"test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later, Microsoft
comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

This is free:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Alias

 

[measekite's psychiatrist]

This is free:

INFERIOR UBUNTU

Alias

Of course Ubuntu is free. Nobody wants it. Imagine if they charged for
Ubuntu? Then it would be on less than 0.000000000004 of the desktops!!!!

Ubuntu has been free and still is free and NOBODY wants the product. If
Ubuntu was that good, the word would spread like wildfire and everyone would
be installing it. That isn't the case. Live with it.

 

[Duane Hebert]

So a new Operating System comes out and you think it should be FREE? Would
you spend millions of dollars creating a new product just to give it away?

If Vista makes you sick, maybe you should wipe your system clean, contact
Alias our resident Ubuntu troll and he will help you install Ubuntu on your
system.

Why get on the guy's case? Many people have problems with Vista. MS even
more or less acknowledged this. He has a valid point. It should be a free
upgrade for Vista users. It's at least arguable.

 

[measekite's psychiatrist]

Why get on the guy's case? Many people have problems with Vista. MS even
more or less acknowledged this. He has a valid point. It should be a
free upgrade for Vista users. It's at least arguable.

A service pack to fix issues should be free and is free. Microsoft does fix
problems with their OS's. Maybe not as fast as we would like but they do
fix most of the problems. A new OS should not be free (unless you buy the
old OS within a certain time and then you do get to upgrade for free)
because Microsoft spends millions on development and should recoup their
investment.

 

[Alias]

Of course Ubuntu is free. Nobody wants it.

A lie.

Imagine if they charged for
Ubuntu? Then it would be on less than 0.000000000004 of the desktops!!!!

Actually, it might increase the demand.

Ubuntu has been free and still is free and NOBODY wants the product.

A lie.

If
Ubuntu was that good, the word would spread like wildfire and everyone would
be installing it.

They are. Live with it.

Alias

 

[measekite's psychiatrist]

A lie.


Actually, it might increase the demand.

Yea, there are probably a few boneheads out there who would pay for the
product. In that case Ubuntu would be on 0.000000000005 of the desktops!!!!

A lie.


They are. Live with it.

Alias

You think the word is spreading like wildfire? You must have a diffent
definition of "spreading like wildfire" than the rest of the planet.

 

[Slap]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista
to
"test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later, Microsoft
comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

Quickly, hurry now, and take the laptop back. Wait for the new op system to
be released.

Buy laptop with new op system.

Now you are smiling eh?
--

 

[measekite's psychiatrist]

Should the designers of the original Tacoma Narrows bridge recoup their
cost of designing a bridge that fell apart because of normal weather
conditions at the bridge's location? I'm beginning to think that Vista is
the Tacoma Narrows bridge of PC software.
Allen

The designers of the original Tacoma Narrows bridge were paid for their
design. Even if it was flawed. If the same designers designed the
replacement bridge, I am sure they would have been paid for that also.

 

[ray]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista
to "test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later,
Microsoft comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

Works for me. With most Linux distributions, upgrading IS free.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

I hate Vista, and I work in IT! I recently purchased a laptop with Vista to
"test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months later, Microsoft
comes out with a new system. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

Windows 7 Beta IS free. At least it was available for downloading last
week from Microsoft.

Bill

 

[Alias]

But it will drop down dead on 1st August.

That will be extended, mark my words.

Alias

 

[DanS]

A lie.


Actually, it might increase the demand.

That's a nice idea....but probably not.

The owner of the company I work for has this strange belief.....

As an example...we sell a product, and another company sells the same
product. The 'other' comany has been in this particular sector for a
loooong time. And we are just breaking into this market. The'other'
companies price is $1499. Our companies price is $1399.

If I had control of pricing, the price would be set @ $999. I know the
margins, the cost, the work, the whole she-bang. We've told him this time
after time. The price should be lower. And we're still over 100% profit @
$999.

But nooooo. His feeling is that even though ours has the exact same
features, and maybe even a little better performance, pricing it
significantly lower then the incumbent would cause people to shy away
wondering what's wrong with it, because it costs so much less than the
other companies. Hogwash we say. The lower price, IMO, would make
possible customers actually want to take a look at it and compare.

I mean come on, if you had been using a product for years on end, and are
comfortable using it, would you even bother to look at another product
that was only $100 cheaper ? No. But if it was substantially less
expensive, 40%, and these clients are usually gov't agancies w/budget
restraints, it would at least be worth a look.

 

[Alias]

That's a nice idea....but probably not.

The owner of the company I work for has this strange belief.....

As an example...we sell a product, and another company sells the same
product. The 'other' comany has been in this particular sector for a
loooong time. And we are just breaking into this market. The'other'
companies price is $1499. Our companies price is $1399.

If I had control of pricing, the price would be set @ $999. I know the
margins, the cost, the work, the whole she-bang. We've told him this time
after time. The price should be lower. And we're still over 100% profit @
$999.

But nooooo. His feeling is that even though ours has the exact same
features, and maybe even a little better performance, pricing it
significantly lower then the incumbent would cause people to shy away
wondering what's wrong with it, because it costs so much less than the
other companies. Hogwash we say. The lower price, IMO, would make
possible customers actually want to take a look at it and compare.

I mean come on, if you had been using a product for years on end, and are
comfortable using it, would you even bother to look at another product
that was only $100 cheaper ? No. But if it was substantially less
expensive, 40%, and these clients are usually gov't agancies w/budget
restraints, it would at least be worth a look.

Maybe he could put it on sale temporarily for the economic crisis,
"doing our part, blah, blah, blah", and see what happens.

Alias

 

[Norman Yuan]

Better yet, simply do not buy any computer with any software, because you
know a newer version always is coming soon, you can wait forever without a
penny wasted. Ha!

 

[orthocross]

I hate Fords, and I work in the auto industry! I recently purchased a 2008
model Ford to "test" it out, and it makes me sick. Now, several months
later, Ford comes out with a new 2009 model. UPGRADING SHOULD BE FREE!

Were you making a declaration, or letting out air? We know what you
think you believe, now tell us WHY you believe it, so we can believe
it also if it's true.

By the way, what is it about a new 2009 model that's so much better
than a 2008 model that you'ld grab if it were free, when you "hate
Fords" so much they make you sick.

It seems to me that if you hate Fords so much, you'ld also hate the
"free" 2009 model.

 

[orthocross]

That will be extended, mark my words.

Alias

The download links have been extended till Feb 12 already.
Perhaps the beta will be extended after Aug 1, but I doubt it. Soon
after Aug 1, the first release candidate will be released, and the
beta will become mute.

 

[Chuck]

How am I going to get dividends on my MS stock if MS gives away win 7?