Excellent point. I wonder how many copies of Microsoft Works is being used.
Friends don't let friends use Vista. --- Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Internet is full of posts and forums of people > loading Linux and XP > on machines they purchases with Vista on them - > myself included. My > wife asked me this morning if Microsoft accounts for > the fact that I > downgraded when I activated XP on my laptop? I > wonder how many of those > 88 million Vista licenses are actually being used? > I have MSDN that has > 10 licenses for each version of Vista as well as > Office 2007, but I > don't use any of them. Are they counting them? > > Hmmmmm. > > Jeff > > Jeff Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SanDC, Inc. > 623-582-0323 > Fax 623-869-0675 > > Bill Anderson wrote: > > "Microsoft claims that adoption of Windows Vista > and Office 2007 is chugging > > along nicely, with more than 88 million Vista > licenses and 71 million Office > > licenses sold in the past year. > > > > But these numbers belie the fact that some > organizations just don't see the > > value in upgrading to Vista and Office 2007, and > are perfectly content with > > XP and Office 2003. Many solution providers are > seeing surging interest in > > downgrade rights, which Microsoft offers to > business users of both Vista and > > Office, and which allow companies to use previous > versions of Microsoft > > software." > > > > "One Microsoft partner who requested anonymity > said growing interest in > > downgrade rights is an undeniable trend, as is the > "bizarre denial" from > > Microsoft over the slow pace of Vista adoption. > > > > "For whatever reason, Microsoft executives have > had their heads in the sand > > on Vista from day one. At the highest levels, > there really seems to be a lot > > of denial over what's really happening with > Vista," said the source." > > > > < > > > http://www.crn.com/software/204600906;jsessionid=UOU2ZE15RW3UUQSNDLRSKH0CJUNN2JVN > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
