Microsoft responds: Windows 7 upgrade limit is 5 times times XP to Vista

July 1 foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, some analysts criticized Microsoft limit each customer can only upgrade up to 25 Vista PCs free to Windows Microsoft responded to a 7 decision that would weigh on PC sales.

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A Microsoft spokeswoman noted that the limit was 5 times times as much as Windows XP upgraded to Vista, "similar to the previous free upgrade program, Windows 7 Upgrade option (Windows 7 upgrade options) for consumers and small businesses. We will provide more choices to our customers when we publish Windows 7 o'clock than ever before. In the past, we limited each customer to only 5 pcs free upgrades to the new operating system. ”

Michael Silver, a Gartner analyst, criticized Microsoft's Michael Silvo last week. Krisian said that Microsoft limited the number of free upgrades per customer to the PC, in order to stimulate "software guarantee" licensed sales, "Gartner said that Microsoft limited the number of free upgrades to the PC in order to encourage companies to buy software guarantee license." Krisian also points out that after publishing Windows 7 SP1, Microsoft will terminate the XP PC's plan to upgrade to Windows 7 free of charge.