Acquire an OEM license for Win 7 before 23 April 2010, and you can downgrade to Vista or XP. But buy on or after that date, and you can only downgrade to Vista -- *not* XP.[1]
Acquire an OEM license for Vista from before the Win 7 release, and you can upgrade to Win 7 when it comes out -- but for no more than 25 computers within an organization.[2] Why is Microsoft making it more difficult for customers to decide to give them money? I would think that, as long as they're getting paid, they wouldn't care what release of Windows we run. Grrrr. Now we have to accelerate our upgrade schedule, pay for each seat twice (OEM and VL), and/or decide to jump ship entirely for another platform. Every time they pull a stunt like this, that last option becomes a little more attractive. [1] http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/microsofts-looming-windows-7-licensing-disaster-xp-shops-639 [2] http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-7-upgrade-campaign-savings-limited-enterprises-166 -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
