The question to ask is Who will care if Microsoft misses the date again. I've been saying since the (March) delay that from a sales perspective, January might as be July, that January release builds in room to move the date again, if needed.
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I'm sure it's not lost on Microsoft executives that the world's third largest computer company is from China. Microsoft has a problem PC growth is highest in emerging markets like China, where software piracy rates are high. China deals could be construed as generating goodwill, which Microsoft would want to use to gain greater Chinese government cooperation fighting piracy.Joe Wilcox
Microsoft would certainly benefit if say a Comcast or some other broadband providers with popular portals chose MSN as the default search.
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Once an individual or company makes an investment in Windows, buys the software, and continues to spend money on upgrades, it will not suddenly shift to Mac.
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This is phase 2. Phase 1 was withholding certain things, such as downloads. But that wasn't going to make sure that people get legal, so they went on to the next phase. Now Microsoft's going to remind them at boot, when the system wakes from sleep, that there's something funky about their Windows.
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You have a number of scenarios that open up that didn't before for the enterprise. Imagine an outfit that's doing CAD computer aided design work. Most of the good CAD programs run in Windows. For a shop that might want to use Mac OS for many other things, the ability to boot into Windows could be very convenient.
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Microsoft thinks it's time to tell people that they've been a naughty boy. My expectation is that they'll get more aggressive in anti-piracy than not.
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