From: "Dave Ings" 

From the same URL ... it seems to me MS is going to "reap monopoly
profits" on most shipped PCs (modulo Linux) whether or not those PCs
have XP or Vista preloaded. So in what sense does Vista contribute anything
to MS's bottom line?

Press articles all seem to repeat this piont of view ... I just don't get it.

>> Still, Microsoft stands to reap monopoly profits if Vista takes off.
>> Analyst Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies estimates Vista will be
>> running on 76 million computers by the end of next year. And Vista sales
>> should contribute $11.5 billion to operating profits from Windows in the
>> year that ends June 30, 2007, according to Credit Suisse First Boston
>> analyst Jason Maynard. <<
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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

"David B"  wrote in message
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> I've been using Vista RTM for a couple of weeks now. (I have Ultimate.) I
> like a lot about it, but they REALLY should have held off on it. There are
> some crashing bugs still in it, especially in IE. The dearth of drivers is
> an issue.
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:456e78f8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Vista the 10 billion dollar OS?
>>
>> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/16125519.htm

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