In article <u6ihweztIHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>,
Steve Thackery <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>Obviously the marketing machine in Microsoft isn't stupid, and they must
>have considered this. Does anyone know - or have an opinion - on why
>Microsoft are forcing their customers to use Vista after next month, even if
>it makes the customer unhappy?
>

Because Vista requires that you purchase new hardware and new software
in addition to the new operating system. That makes Microsoft business partners
and subsidiaries happy. Microsoft is far more concerned with keeping those
entities happy than with anything a customer might think.