Re: Microsoft extends XP downgrade rights date by six months
The date and time was 10/8/2008 8:30 AM, and on a whim, Frank pounded
out on the keyboard:
> Terry R. wrote:
>> The date and time was 10/8/2008 7:26 AM, and on a whim, Frank pounded
>> out on the keyboard:
>>
>>> +Bob+ wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:19:35 +1000, "Sunny" <wombathouse@yahoo.com.au>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If you had read and understood the offer i.e.
>>>>> You get two OS - Vista and WinXP CDs.
>>>>
>>>> The point is that most of us don't want Vista, so we're effectively
>>>> paying an extra $100 to get XP.
>>>
>>> "...most of us..."?
>>>
>>> I've seen less than 10-15 posters in here wanting or threating to go
>>> back to XP.
>>> Hardly qualifies as "most of us".
>>>
>> "Most of us" is infinitely beyond the limits of this little newsgroup
>> server. This newsgroup absolutely doesn't qualify as "most of us"
>> either. Maybe you should read a few tech articles if you need to be
>> educated on who isn't moving to Vista.
>
> "...who isn't moving to Vista"?
> Sorry, but that isn't the same as paying $100 to downgrade.
>
You're right. Because MS still counts those as Vista users even though
they've moved back to XP. That "most of us" keeps growing smaller.
This was my statement, not yours:
> And you're cross-posting to an XP group, so in here that IS "most of us".
>
> I answered a cross-post. I didn't originate it.
Don't talk about "most of us (Vista users)" in an XP group, because the
"most of us" here are XP.
--
Terry R.
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