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One Windows to rule them all........
Jason, your suggestion is, in my opinion, an excellent and eminently sensible idea. It won't happen because of three things: profit, greed and Microsoft's concentration on what suits it best rather than the wellbeing of its customers. But would I like to see it happen ? Absolutely. It would simplify things enormously for so many people in the IT and business worlds. It makes such enormous sense that I am certain that Microsoft HAS already thought of this. That it has obviously been rejected speaks volumes for how Microsoft views its users: utter disdain for their actual needs.
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One Windows to rule them all........  TonyOz | 06/12/09
Amen! One complete version - one reasonable price  BillDem | 06/12/09
Exactly right  Chad_z | 06/12/09
What you call greed I call fiduciary responsibility  MissingMatter | 07/21/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  RickyF | 06/12/09
And as soon as they do this  Michael Kelly | 06/12/09
Fair enough, but tell me this ...  Jason Hiner ZDNet Moderator | 06/12/09
That's easy.  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
So because of one relatively rare hitch you want to scrap the whole thing?  Michael Kelly | 06/12/09
The point is ...  Jason Hiner ZDNet Moderator | 06/12/09
How is that any less confusing?  Michael Kelly | 06/12/09
Not Only Convuluted  His_Shadow | 06/12/09
You opted to take advantage of a heavily discounted version of Windows  de-void | 06/12/09
Disagree.  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
I agree...  ShadowGIATL | 06/12/09
A slight change to that . . .  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
Undo your change, and added another change.  ShadowGIATL | 06/12/09
nah  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
I think you missed the point.  ShadowGIATL | 06/12/09
Can't satisfy everybody.  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
@Cobra  ShadowGIATL | 06/13/09
You can script removal of features  LiquidLearner | 06/14/09
Not an issue...  Sleeper Service | 06/12/09
Agreed (nt)  CobraA1 | 06/12/09
Corporate will be Pro/Enterprise  LiquidLearner | 06/14/09
No thanks, having options and choices is a good thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/12/09
You can have any flavor as long as it's windoze.  InAction Man | 06/12/09
How about just three versions - all for $50?  NStalnecker | 06/12/09
I stopped reading when you listed the "six" Win7 versions  LiquidLearner | 06/12/09
EXACTLY!  notsofast | 06/12/09
All the different versions are just a  deaf_e_kate | 06/12/09
They are less than 90%  InAction Man | 06/12/09
"getting lesser"???  James T. Kirk | 06/12/09
Yes they are getting lesser and lesser  InAction Man | 06/12/09
re lesser and lesser  notsofast | 06/12/09
Indeed  James T. Kirk | 06/13/09
Your drive space may not bet "lesser" than it is but you  InAction Man | 06/13/09
And it's a lesser man....  MGP2 | 06/13/09
Getting lesser?  NStalnecker | 06/12/09
The lesser of the two evils.  ShadowGIATL | 06/12/09
*Slaps face*  NStalnecker | 06/12/09
Not as much as M$'s earnings  InAction Man | 06/12/09
Oh yea....  ShadowGIATL | 06/14/09
Thank you, Shadow...  MGP2 | 06/12/09
Well...  ShadowGIATL | 06/12/09
I don't worry about the unwary  Michael Kelly | 06/12/09
Seriously?  Badgered | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  macdonalds | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  dkerber@... | 06/12/09
Yes, let's get rid of that stuff, too  Jason Hiner ZDNet Moderator | 06/12/09
What a great idea!  LiquidLearner | 06/14/09
Bloat bloat bloat and more bloat! And then...  InAction Man | 06/14/09
Bloated? You mean like...  MGP2 | 06/14/09
Maybe if you and the Linux and OSX communities...  ShadowGIATL | 06/14/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  drichards1953 | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  shellcodes_coder | 06/12/09
I'll agree...  JB King | 06/12/09
Higher Education will agree...1 version!  ashbyjm@... | 06/12/09
Why?  ShadowGIATL | 06/14/09
I COMPLETELY DISAGREE  jjworleyeoe | 06/12/09
It's only successful marketing  quidpro | 06/13/09
We need to go back to two  Randalllind | 06/12/09
Dream on !  k.seters | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  sumanchakrabarti | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  leonard.johnson.jr | 06/12/09
Please don't give us CHOICES  Intosh | 06/12/09
Actually, Vista has six editions too  goyta | 06/12/09
sigh....  JoeMama_z | 06/12/09
One version? What will the marketeers do?  ThePrairiePrankster | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  Axsimulate | 06/12/09
Oh yeah, THAT makes good sense!  readwryt@... | 06/12/09
Two versions for me  chris_x | 06/12/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  gordcinrockburn | 06/12/09
No it's fine, let them fail  extrayoyo | 06/13/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  donj.thorpe@... | 06/13/09
Maybe...  LiquidLearner | 06/13/09
Probably a good idea, but...  teddybairs1 | 06/13/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  quidpro | 06/13/09
Agreed - Too Many Versions - But Not Your Way  jpr75_z | 06/14/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  jamesrayg | 06/14/09
While Vista isn't a failure...  ShadowGIATL | 06/14/09
Sure Vista is a failure. There plenty of reasons. Just read  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/14/09
Maybe you should read that more carefully.  ShadowGIATL | 06/14/09
An Alternate Viewpoint: Linux is Just One kernel  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 06/15/09
Anouther viewpoint: Linux is more then one distro.  ShadowGIATL | 06/15/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  rdc1253@... | 06/15/09
RE: Open letter to Microsoft: It's time for a single version of Windows  AsaduzzamanKhan | 06/15/09

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