thought they had learned their lesson with vista? one of the complaints on vista was they had too many versions that consumers found it difficult and confusing to choose what is best for them.
we also thought microsoft will make an effort to recover from the vista failure and do better. looks like they also forgot that part.
of course, the idea behind proliferation of SKUs is aside from wanting to confuse consumers, it allows them to sell some versions at a premium and therefore bigger profits. profits versus consumer confusion? we know which one won here.
IF they need to have several SKUs, then we think all they need are 3 versions : (1) starter edition for netbooks, (2) premium version for everyone and (3) professional/enterprise/business would be the last.
the simpler, less number but feature packed versions is also a way to make amends, make peace with the consumers they angered and frustrated with the failed vista.
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