[Info-vax] Some good news !

[Michael Austin]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> 
>> Most likely not the end. They have little debt and are still
>> making a profit. Not exactly bankruptcy material.
> 
> I think Microsoft's biggest challenge is adapting to a slower
> replacement cycle for PCs and a population that is no longer eager to
> line up a full day to be the first to get their hands on an upgrade.
> 
> I think that corporations hanging on to XP is a big sign of that.
> 

MS is trying to fix that... I was loafing around at <bigboxstore> last 
evening and in a conversation with one of the PC sales folks, they said 
a month or so ago, MS came in and basically grabbed all of their XP 
stock and replaced it with Vista.  I suppose they got tired of everyone 
"hanging on" to XP.

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