連線雜志總編：Windows 7應該免費

Win7之家（ afsion.com.cn）：連線雜志總編：Windows 7應該免費

 Chris Anderson，美國知名雜志《連線》總編最近在接受國外媒體ZDNet采訪時稱Windows 7完全有可能免費。一起來看看那他是怎么說的：

ZDNet：我們來談談微軟，你覺得Windows 7有可能免費么？

Chris：當然�；蛟S在某些層面上來說這有些離譜，但這確實是很好的想法。Netbook是很好的想法，至少我是這么認為的。Windows 7很適合Netbook。那么為什么不提供免費版的Netbook專用Windows 7呢？跟Ubuntu比比價錢。本來我可以選擇XP或者Ubuntu，但XP要多花20美元，看在上帝的份上，不要讓我用Vista，因此，我選擇了Ubuntu，但我有一半工作無法在Ubuntu上完成。其實過去我也曾是一名Windows用戶，覺得Windows很好。那么為什么不像對待中國的盜版問題一樣對待Netbook呢？沒錯，微軟不喜歡看到盜版或者免費，但不得不面對其市場份額。如果換作我的話，我就會像人們希望的那樣提供免費Netbook版Windows 7，鼓勵人們?nèi)ベI然后發(fā)現(xiàn)其不足再升級到更高版本。

小編：市場占有率才是一切，統(tǒng)治了市場，何愁賺不到錢？

附部分原文：

ZDNet: Let’s talk about Microsoft. Is a free Windows 7 possible?

CA: Yeah. This probably makes no sense on many levels, but here’s an idea. Let’s say Netbooks are a good idea – I think so. Let’s say Windows 7 is actually appropriate for Netbooks – a big “if.” Why not make the Netbook version of Windows 7 free? Match Ubuntu on pricing. How much money are you leaving on the table? Right now it’s a choice between XP – rock bottom, $20 – or Ubuntu. I’d rather not use XP, and for God’s sake don’t make me use Vista. So I use Ubuntu. But half the stuff I want to do doesn’t work. Historically, I’m a Windows user. I’m OK with Windows. [So] treat Netbooks the way you treat Chinese piracy. You don’t love it but you recognize that the market exists. You’d rather them use your stuff than the other guys’ stuff. I would make the Netbook version of Windows 7 free on the hope that people will still use Windows and find the limitations of Netbooks and when they do, they’ll migrate up [to a paid version].
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