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There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights
LOL, you tell'em Ed!
Posted by: Loverock Davidson   Posted on: 04/07/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  Loverock Davidson | 04/07/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  cnfrisch | 04/07/09
XP Sucks  iHateLusers | 04/07/09
Who would want to use XP instead of 7?  jbroche18 | 04/08/09
They shouldn't have bought that software in the first place  Lerianis | 04/13/09
I don't necessarily disagree with you  jbroche18 | 04/14/09
Thank you Mr. Bott.  jamesrayg | 04/07/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  notlehs | 04/07/09
Apples and oranges  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
I'm confused by...  msalzberg | 04/07/09
OS X can be used for business...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
Say what???  linux for me | 04/08/09
It's proprietary because...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
Please point me to a ...  msalzberg | 04/08/09
Windows is a proprietary OS...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
Line-of-business applications  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/08/09
There are several things wrong with that, Ed...  msalzberg | 04/08/09
Which would be true if...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
I'm not disputing the Windows ..  msalzberg | 04/08/09
The problem is that...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
Maybe so, but...  msalzberg | 04/08/09
My company is about 200 employees  wolf_z | 04/08/09
I guess you just noticed...  zkiwi | 04/08/09
No, I notice that the title of this blog..  msalzberg | 04/08/09
Fare cop  zkiwi | 04/08/09
Misinterpretation  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/08/09
Thanks.  msalzberg | 04/08/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  angrykeyboarder | 04/07/09
I'll ask the moderators  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/08/09
Have you missed the point Ed  martin23 | 04/07/09
Not glossing over anything  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
At least one coat of gloss?  martin23 | 04/07/09
Your argument doesn't make sense  dkawalec | 04/07/09
releases releases  martin23 | 04/07/09
Now I understand what you mean ...  dkawalec | 04/07/09
I don't see a difference  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
There are still a bunch of NT 4.0 boxes ...  dkawalec | 04/07/09
Are your time scales right  martin23 | 04/07/09
XP lasted longer than anyone thought  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
I agree (ish)  martin23 | 04/09/09
Sunset dates  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/09/09
Exactly  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 04/07/09
I see the same suspects are out in force whining against Microsoft...  ye | 04/07/09
I will love MS the day that they  T1Oracle | 04/07/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  ploco@... | 04/07/09
In typical fashion you sidestep the point  chrome_slinky@... | 04/07/09
Yawn  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
That's just silly.  T1Oracle | 04/07/09
Do a Google search....  NStalnecker | 04/07/09
Plus, of course, the vast majority of consumers...  Sleeper Service | 04/08/09
Without XP MS will lose it's market.  T1Oracle | 04/07/09
You haven't been reading the Win7 reviews..  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/07/09
You mean the user reviews of Win 7 systems with a pre-installed OS?  T1Oracle | 04/07/09
Lose it's market to whom?  tsb278 | 04/08/09
About Windows Me  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 04/08/09
Downgraders are the suckers  the_roo62@... | 04/09/09
BINGO!  Lerianis | 04/13/09
Foolish to want to stick with what works?  txtechdog | 04/13/09
I don't think Ed gets it...  zkiwi | 04/12/09
PC OS's are nowhere near mature  Lerianis | 04/13/09
Ed was simply relaying Windows downgrade history  marks055@... | 04/13/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  tbanks204 | 04/13/09
The clunkiness of XP  redking44 | 04/13/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  steve@... | 04/14/09
RE: There's nothing new about Windows downgrade rights  halfountainsr | 04/21/09

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