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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:39:05 +0100
begin Zoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> At 12:09 13/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Windows NT and Windows 98 are no longer preinstalled on PC's. Downgrade
> >Rights provide companies that are not currently able to migrate to a
> >more current operating system the ability to use the company's
> >preferred OS until there is a more efficient time to migrate. When the
> >company is ready to migrate to Windows XP Pro, there are no additional
> >costs or licensing requirements.
>
>
>
> *** Ofcourse not, the licenses have allready been paied for. The W2k or
> whatever other CD they will use and XP's that came with the PC. What is
> the gain here except a direct one for MS and some time bought for the
> company?
>
> In the mean time MS' user statistics show the enormous popularity of the
>
> new XP system... which the sheep have paied for but are not using.
>
> Great, makes you realy love the IT future seen by MS...
>
Not to mention, most new laptops built since XP don't have drivers for
Win2k, etc. Tke this along with the "We'll Break Your Apps" announcement
and with no imagination at all you can see they'll force everyone onto XP
in no time. Because apps will not run on anything but XP.
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
- --
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
-- Nemesis Racing Team motto
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