Xmas PC Offer: Upgrade to Vista in Q1 2007 (for "nominal" fee)

Surely, Windows Vista will be infective; however, the absurdly complex upgrade paths and baffling mishmash of editions is equally worthy of invective.

For instance, how in the world can the "Business Edition" lack the feature to "Better protect your data against loss or theft with Windows BitLocker™ Drive Encryption," but include "Elegant Windows Aero desktop experience with Windows Flip 3D navigation?" This is simply a fundamental Product Management flunkup. Perhaps this is yet another reason why many predict that Vista could be the last of its kind, the final Windows OS Edition, as we've known it. The infinite customization, security, and modularity of Linux is simply far too compelling for business to avoid, moving forward. The costly and arbitrary pre-packaging of OS "editions" is an artifact of early software industry evolution that is simply not adaptive for long term survival and thrival.

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