Microsoft is trying a new distribution strategy when Vista is released on January 30th, they are going to make Vista available for sale and download online. This sales method is geared toward XP users who want to upgrade to Vista. (Information Taken from CNN)Even though it is predicted that not very many people will buy Vista online, I think that this makes a lot of sense for Microsoft because online stores like Itunes has been extremely sucessful and it saves microsoft all manufacturing and packaging costs. Which means the profit margin will be larger on copies of Vista that are purchased online. I that this is a good alternative distribution method for Microsoft and it will make it easier for some user's to upgrade, and mabye this distribution method will become more popular in the future and save Microsoft billions of dollars or something like that.
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