Microsoft Botched Vista? Duh!

How funny is this? Why on Earth would Microsoft be “slashing” prices?

Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.

The move came a day after court filings revealed internal dissent over which Windows XP computers would be considered capable of running the new operating system — and a feeling on at least one executive’s part that the company had “botched” the marketing of computers as “Vista Capable.”

Only copies of the year-old operating system that are sold in boxes directly to consumers are affected by the price cuts — not the versions pre-loaded on personal computers. The cuts will range from 20 percent to 48 percent.

They delayed the heck out of it. They released 50 million different versions of it. They promised free upgrades for people who bought XP machines at Christmas. People were not, and are not happy with Vista. So they cut the price.

This is what companies do when their product sucks. When was the last time you saw Apple cut the price of an iPod by 48%? Hopefully it won’t take too long for Microsoft to get back on the horse, that is, if their developers can find their saddles.

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