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If Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for the bugs, but fix those and they have no reason to leave.

Buy M$ stock now - and sell it in a year or so . . .
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Success becomes a problem  Roger Ramjet | 10/24/09
Good point  honeymonster | 10/24/09
Even M$ is Planning an End  ArnavM | 10/24/09
"emotional barriers"? MS NEEDS Apple competitor  Millystone | 10/26/09
Ahh yes, but it isn't 97...  awasson@... | 10/26/09
Correct  bigpicture | 10/28/09
Bull  DeusExMachina | 10/29/09
You forgot the most important thing  Roger Ramjet | 10/29/09
Fact Check  DeusExMachina | 10/30/09
Happened at the exact same time  Roger Ramjet | 10/30/09
So?  DeusExMachina | 10/31/09
Just expect vapour  DeusExMachina | 10/31/09
THAT GRAPE IS SOUR !!!!  LBiege | 10/24/09
LOL!!! - nt  USTechHead | 11/16/09
Any chance you had at making a credible argument ended...  ye | 10/24/09
Boy, are you frivolous...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
I guess you didn't see  Roger Ramjet | 10/26/09
Except now MS services and cloud computing changes all of that  bearlyworking | 10/26/09
Trivializing  Roger Ramjet | 10/26/09
Ignorance shows  honeymonster | 10/24/09
One small point  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
Apparently you have no idea about what WCF is  honeymonster | 10/24/09
OI!!!  A none mouse Cow Herd | 10/25/09
Surely respect is earned?  eqpc | 10/25/09
because he missed it...  UsernameRequired | 10/25/09
Or chose to ignore it!  eqpc | 10/25/09
You better start now...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
Another solid argument form a true ABMer...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
Honeymaster isn't stupid  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
A victim of his own poor choices  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
the problem with acronyms is they change  mombo3 | 10/26/09
hypocrite  shadfurman | 10/29/09
What if you HAVE looked outside the box...  DevGuy_z | 10/26/09
Murph and the rest will still say  ITLeader | 10/26/09
The thing is...  914four | 10/26/09
@914four: the thing is...  ITLeader | 10/27/09
@ITLeader : Because...  914four | 10/27/09
914four I think that's why virtualization exists and web interop nt  keoz | 10/27/09
He makes for a great tool  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
.  James T. Kirk | 10/27/09
ABM  DeusExMachina | 10/31/09
Sounds incredibly biased  davidr69 | 10/24/09
Deluded more like  Richard Flude | 10/24/09
Snarepoint  Roger Ramjet | 10/26/09
Well  keoz | 10/26/09
People expect 1st-model-year cars to be fully mature  Roger Ramjet | 10/27/09
Uh? buggy?  keoz | 10/27/09
Nicely done...you are talking to someone living in the 80s...nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
Application rentals  honeymonster | 10/24/09
Someones had waay too much kool-aid {nt}  wbgilbert | 10/26/09
Silverlight have some good point but...  magallanes | 10/26/09
LOL  keoz | 10/26/09
Have you used Silverlight/Moonlight on Linux?  Renifer | 10/26/09
..forcing users to be locked in.  Tsingi | 10/27/09
Silverlight  SpikeyMike | 10/28/09
I have been long enough and making good money with Silverlight happy nt  keoz | 10/28/09
It very simple there will be 2 senarios  Quebec-french | 10/24/09
That's a no brainer bet  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
disagree  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
You make this stuff up as you go along?  John Zern | 10/24/09
No chance that Windows 7 will experience technicaal problems  honeymonster | 10/24/09
Great that you trust MS good for you  Quebec-french | 10/24/09
The real question is  John Zern | 10/24/09
No not really Mr Zern  Quebec-french | 10/24/09
Oh great , just great...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
Not Arguing  daengbo | 10/26/09
Well that's a VERY important - "1%"  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Good, you have been wrong with everything so far that  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
What is a "butch OS"?  Lester Young | 10/26/09
Wishful thinking...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
Windows 7 Feedback  NCWeber | 10/26/09
It is probably more relevant that MS  mjolnar@... | 10/26/09
Windows 7 to hit consumers with known security problem  b12sklfck | 10/26/09
What are you even talking about?  Cayble | 10/24/09
It's not a question of if Microsoft can afford another Vista.  UrbanBard | 10/24/09
VMS Unix?!?  DeusExMachina | 10/31/09
Maybe they meant VAX Unix? ...  ForgeAus | 11/01/09
The VAX  DeusExMachina | 11/04/09
The Unbearable Lightness of PR Stats  DannyO_0x98 | 10/24/09
Actually its going very well  John Zern | 10/24/09
Just more OEM strangleware...  outpastpluto | 10/26/09
So what - that means nothing  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
XP and Vista to Win 7  NCWeber | 10/26/09
Please spare us the sales pitch  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
aham  keoz | 10/26/09
It's out necessity, not love  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Yeah  keoz | 10/27/09
Yeah is right  UAC nanny screen | 10/27/09
Nonsensical rant  croberts | 10/24/09
Love your title!  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
but I am curious..Windows crashes daily?  otaddy | 10/24/09
What's sad is he thinks this is normal.  ye | 10/24/09
Sure does  AndyPagin | 10/26/09
Yes but only once...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
LOL - nice!  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
That would be very good...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
You can't  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Murph's problem...  Cayble | 10/24/09
LOL, good analogy. NT  AboveAverageJoe | 10/24/09
I believe Murph is more into cha cha cha  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
Completely wrong  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
"Secondly, most wintel users use wintel because that's what they were told.  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
Not entirely off base  NCWeber | 10/26/09
It's safe  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
So then what happened?  Lester Young | 10/26/09
WOW - well said...and probably right on the money - nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
Actually, a poor analogy......  linux for me | 10/26/09
Hmmm...  voldar | 10/27/09
LOL - "Your blog a is a jumbled mess of criticising..." bingo! nt  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
Not... exactly  Mitch 74 | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  roteague | 10/24/09
Developers, developers, developers...  cabdriverjim | 10/24/09
Agree  Richard Flude | 10/24/09
People keep saying this as if it's true.  ye | 10/24/09
Ok then  Richard Flude | 10/24/09
Time Machine for one  John Zern | 10/24/09
More detail  Richard Flude | 10/25/09
Core animation  honeymonster | 10/25/09
honeymonster, I was wrong  Richard Flude | 10/25/09
Don't get him started  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Time machine != volume snapshots  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
To be honest...  NCWeber | 10/26/09
Not quite what happened  Richard Flude | 10/26/09
Biased  jgoode@... | 10/24/09
What do you think of Murphys claim  honeymonster | 10/25/09
Not what I said  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
And you are still wrong  honeymonster | 10/25/09
not really biased  cabdriverjim | 10/25/09
Eclipse is good  epaval@... | 10/26/09
LOL  keoz | 10/26/09
Well tell us all about it, 'O Great Studio Developer....  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
lol again  keoz | 10/27/09
That's right, I don't know VS  UAC nanny screen | 10/27/09
oooh uac  keoz | 10/27/09
Then go pratice what you preach  UAC nanny screen | 10/28/09
What?  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
Dear clueless  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
That's not Microsoft's target market for 7.  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
Then that's great Murph  John Zern | 10/24/09
Let's see your list  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Windows 7?  LonnieRM | 10/24/09
Have you tried it?  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
Did anyone ever claim this?  ye | 10/24/09
Apple did...  pdickey43@... | 10/26/09
Before I get flamed....  pdickey43@... | 10/26/09
I could have downloaded numerous distros of  AboveAverageJoe | 10/24/09
Sounds like the download stopped.  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
Yeah. 55 minutes or so for me. (nt)  James T. Kirk | 10/24/09
Done that numerous times. Even reinstalled digital-rivers  AboveAverageJoe | 10/24/09
Digital River  NCWeber | 10/26/09
PS. Thanks for the considerate response!  AboveAverageJoe | 10/24/09
Check your e-mail and contact DigitalRiver and Microsoft...  pdickey43@... | 10/26/09
Even less market share than it currently has, maybe?  James T. Kirk | 10/24/09
What do you mean by "multi-host applications"?  nick.holmes | 10/24/09
One app. many servers, many users, no locality  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
Anything can be perceived as a lot better than Vista  wackoae | 10/24/09
Another clueless poster repeating the FUD.  ye | 10/24/09
Their tests do not give a good picture at all.  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
You've brought up some reasonable points.  ye | 10/24/09
I'm just gonna toss that test, it's poorly done.  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
The only test that counts for a desktop is  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/24/09
These days . . .  CobraA1 | 10/24/09
I have to admit - I have used both, well three  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
That is ludicrous they are not THAT different  DevGuy_z | 10/27/09
So you're going to toss the results because you don't like them?  ye | 10/25/09
Yes, there are methodology issues.  CobraA1 | 10/25/09
@CobraA1: Then what are they?  ye | 10/27/09
Get those benchmarks out of here  connor33 | 10/26/09
Random thoughts by Paul Murphy  razzledazzle | 10/24/09
Only those who have them can do it...  The Mentalist | 10/25/09
I doubt it will mean much.  bjbrock | 10/24/09
In the short term, yes  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/25/09
Not sure I see it.  bjbrock | 10/25/09
Services.  CobraA1 | 10/25/09
Windows 7: playing catch up with Linux and Apple  daniel.pereznet | 10/24/09
Oh, I sorry but i missed the part where  honeymonster | 10/25/09
Wow.  A none mouse Cow Herd | 10/25/09
What frightens me most about the MSCE...  Richard Flude | 10/25/09
One word to sum honeymonster up...  SpikeyMike | 10/28/09
Additional Response -- Multi-touch  Filker0_z | 10/26/09
LOL!  Pliny the Elder | 10/25/09
"What Windows7 could mean for Linux"  CobraA1 | 10/25/09
Did anyone else get the fealing that MS may  mjolnar@... | 10/26/09
Back to the museum Murph  tonymcs@... | 10/25/09
nothing  ljenux-23043766007667558234416105604265 | 10/26/09
Poor ABMrs lost their whipping boy  connor33 | 10/26/09
you are a failure...  ljenux-23043766007667558234416105604265 | 10/26/09
Shouting isn't usefull  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/26/09
Why not....  UAC nanny screen | 10/26/09
Look at the names of the respondents and you will see  socialism=nowhere | 10/26/09
What you can do in GCC that you can't do in VC  Filker0_z | 10/26/09
Response  ITLeader | 10/26/09
Question was in response to Murph's comment about VS:  connor33 | 10/26/09
Has anything good ever been produced by VS?  scott1329 | 10/26/09
Yes  ITLeader | 10/26/09
Has anything good ever been produced by VS?!  ddalke@... | 10/26/09
Yes -  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/26/09
That's because  keoz | 10/26/09
Not re-inventing the wheel.  DevGuy_z | 10/27/09
What does it mean? Nothing!!  linux-user | 10/26/09
NO NO NO  alkolkin@... | 10/26/09
Amazing...  Marty R. Milette | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  step69 | 10/26/09
Linux is easy to install.  joe.smetona@... | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  ajay.gupta | 10/26/09
Windows does not have the modularity and security of Linux.  Renifer | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  pdickey43@... | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  bearlyworking | 10/26/09
Are you saying that Widows users aren't very bright? n/t  mjolnar@... | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  ITLeader | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  ted.mccarty@... | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  Li1t | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  outpastpluto | 10/26/09
Windows 7 had more share than Linux before it was even released.  connor33 | 10/26/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  eengnerd | 10/26/09
this is laughable...  keoz | 10/26/09
What do you mean by "multi-screen"?  DevGuy_z | 10/26/09
Umm, no?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/27/09
What if Win8 could not be pirated ?  mama0001 | 10/26/09
Windows user could careless about Linux  Randalllind | 10/26/09
Could not.  James T. Kirk | 10/27/09
Great blog Murph!  914four | 10/26/09
Daily fail?  wright_is | 10/27/09
Hyperbole containing and expressing truth  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/27/09
Reliability...  wright_is | 10/28/09
Ridiculous  ITLeader | 10/28/09
Huh?  GTWilson | 10/27/09
"Fails Daily"  DEFleener | 10/27/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  voldar | 10/27/09
RE: What Windows7 could mean for Linux  Beredugu | 11/03/09
Remember when Vista was going to Boost Linux  Aussie_Troll | 11/08/09
When Murph predicts it - the opposite usually happens...nt  USTechHead | 11/16/09

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