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what about flexible licensing model
MS releases new version of windows every few years. Every new version contains bulk of functionality. In between these major releases they have service packs and patches once in a while. Instead of delivering large number of changes every new version, they should deliver small number of changes going into new version but at smaller interval. Preferably every month. New release every month can be updated through automated process and should include new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

Business users can pay small fee on monthly basis instead of buying complete OS initially.

Existing applications should remain compatible for many years from their first development. This way busines IT departments will have confidence of upgrading to latest version of windows at any given moment.
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You answered your own question.  ye | 06/18/09
But, the fact that so many still prefer XP over Windows 7 speaks volumes  DonnieBoy | 06/18/09
??????  itpro_z | 06/18/09
Lol, says who?...  NeoGeneration | 06/18/09
Oh Noes!!!!  Badgered | 06/18/09
Source your facts....  JoeMama_z | 06/18/09
My two cents  imkain@... | 06/18/09
Let me add a few pennies to your common cents collection.  i8thecat | 06/18/09
How can you tell me  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
But by 2011  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
Prefer XP is perplexing  Richard Flude | 06/18/09
Seven will be snubbed, too.  Captiosus | 06/19/09
except  rtk | 06/19/09
except  UAC nanny screen | 06/20/09
RE: XP Was/IS Best, Most Stable OS YET  STARTWYNKLES-58 | 06/19/09
XP still good choice as it works and has drivers  tbones.2 | 06/19/09
what about flexible licensing model  p.vinnie@... | 06/18/09
If written to MS guidelines they should.  ye | 06/18/09
Nightmare  Yensi717 | 06/18/09
not really sp1  zdanms | 06/18/09
SP1  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 06/18/09
The Bottom Line is???  sykandtyed | 06/18/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  bradavon | 06/18/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  Stephen.Smith@... | 06/18/09
Debacle? Your company IT staff is incompetent.  ye | 06/18/09
mmmm yeah.... Windows is perfect so  deaf_e_kate | 06/18/09
I didn't say it was perfect. Nor did I say it was without faults.  ye | 06/18/09
not a;ways true  Quebec-french | 06/18/09
Irrelevant. It was someone's screw up.  ye | 06/18/09
You don't know what happened  UAC nanny screen | 06/20/09
How would you know people are incompetent.  nizuse | 06/18/09
Easy. The OP stated they had a debacle that forced...  ye | 06/18/09
Ok. I see now.  nizuse | 06/18/09
The debacle was deploying software without planning.  ye | 06/18/09
Debacle or no, it (apparently) still didn't do what they wanted!  Zogg | 06/18/09
@Zogg: Perhaps not.  ye | 06/18/09
What the OP was claiming  rtk | 06/18/09
@Captiosus  zkiwi | 06/19/09
XP Compatibility mode...  Captiosus | 06/19/09
Just a bullet on a feature sheet  SteveMak | 06/19/09
What does XP do better than Seven?  NeoGeneration | 06/18/09
The Question Is...  sykandtyed | 06/18/09
Good question  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
Another question...  bernalillo | 06/18/09
Cap only applies to licenses from PC shipments, not volume licensing  PB_z | 06/18/09
Abrupt move?  mikegalos@... | 06/18/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  Cal Woosnam | 06/18/09
You're using 7260?  NStalnecker | 06/18/09
Wowed by..  Captiosus | 06/19/09
Post your printer models  rtk | 06/19/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  kd51145@... | 06/18/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  sksinghkgn@... | 06/18/09
Microsoft has said a lot of things  SteveMak | 06/19/09
A sincere question - why should I upgrade from XP?  sazmazm | 06/19/09
I think when XP Pro goes, I'm moving to Linux!  richallcorn | 06/19/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  Matt Hart | 06/19/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  nadamas | 06/22/09
RE: Microsoft puts an 18-month cap on Windows 7 to XP downgrades  ManoaHI | 06/22/09

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