Again, though, I suspect that for a Dell PM to be making these statements to the media, he surely heard something from someone reliable indicating a significant price shift.
If not, he ought to shut his yapper. :) From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell: Win 7 "Much More Expensive" Than Vista Note the lack of the word "much" in that sentence, which was apparently added randomly by the writer. "More expensive" could mean $.01 or $100 or more, it's all just conjecture until price lists are released. TVK From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell: Win 7 "Much More Expensive" Than Vista The Dell product manager says, "the licensing tiers at retail are more expensive than they were for Vista." Dell must be pretty concerned to publicly come out kvetching about the pricing... From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell: Win 7 "Much More Expensive" Than Vista Except when you reads the article the person quoted never says that it will be "much more expensive" only that it might be more expensive. Typical media hysteria reporting, gotta love it. TVK From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell: Win 7 "Much More Expensive" Than Vista "Now new details have emerged from Dell, via CNET's Brooke Crothers, indicating that Windows 7 license prices will be much higher than with Vista." http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/4804-dell-win-7-much-more-expensive-than-vista?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r3_20090521_15in -- ME2 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
