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Free Windows 7 upgrade limit 'silly,' says analyst
Published 6/29/2009 by gkeizer@ix.netcom.com (Gregg Keizer) at Latest from Computerworld
Microsoft's limit on the number of computers eligible for free Windows 7 upgrades is "artificial" and "silly," an analyst said today, and may create just the situation the company hoped to avoid: stalled PC sales.
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