Businesses can get Windows 7 in September
While most of the attention on Day 1 of Microsoft's partner conference was on the Office side of things, Microsoft did announce two notable pieces of Windows 7 news on Monday.
The company said that business customers will be able to get Windows 7 ahead of its October 22 retail launch, though they won't be able to get it immediately after the code is finalized. The software maker said that businesses will be able to order Windows 7 from volume licensing partners as of September 1.
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Microsoft also said it will have a limited-time, six-month promotion whereby businesses can get the Windows 7 Professional upgrade at a price discounted 15 percent or more from what Microsoft was charging for Vista upgrades.
The news comes as Microsoft prepares to finalize the operating system later this month.
However, a new survey suggests that although many businesses have yet to move to Vista, they may not jump to Windows 7 either. In a survey with more than 1,000 IT administrators sharing their plans, Quest Software's ScriptLogic found that nearly six in 10 have no current plans to move to Windows 7.
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NO?
Ummm.. well... no thanks. Call me on the next version of Windows and perhaps then I will consider it.
Can only hope that many others will agree, or we will have to settle for the cap that is being shoved down our throats. That is until Microsoft begins to listen to it's customers instead of it's bootlickers. I truly like Windows and like to continue to use it, but it is getting difficult.
Amen
The segment that usually waits the longest before upgrading OSes can upgrade before anyone else.
Yep, that's definitely Microsoft logic.
Microsoft isn't claiming that the benefit is because they will adopt more quickly than consumers, it is simply a licensing issue. Volume license agreements have downgrade rights. So it is not that businesses intend to upgrade immediately. It just means that it provides the benefit of having the option to purchase the Windows 7 SKU, use whatever OS they want, and then be able to legally upgrade to Windows 7 in the future for machines licensed during this period. Another benefit is that it allows businesses to begin application testing on the gold version of the OS, which many will start early in the product life cycle. It also provides the final version to business that provide training in these products, so they can be positioned to provide services as soon as consumers and small businesses (that don't buy through volume license agreements) will require it.
Part of the reason that it is easy to roll out to VL users early is because most of us do not get physical media. We download our software images directly from Microsoft. So they don't have to wait for DVD media to be produced and distributed for us to start using it. The infrastructure is already in place for the electronic software distribution. In fact, if anything, it seems like an excessive delay between the time it takes from RTM to the time that VL customers get it. I'm sure this most likely related to prepping the support resources to be available to address the spike in support load that occurs with a product release.
- by shellcodes_coder July 13, 2009 5:24 PM PDT
- Windows 7 will RULE!!
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- by BogusBasin July 13, 2009 6:48 PM PDT
- The Sheeple OS
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