You could only do a 'true upgrade' from Windows Vista to Windows 7, so how is this any different? I don't think you could upgrade from Windows ME to XP either.
Vista is how old now? It came out in 2006. How many years old will OS X 10.8 allow upgrades from? Snow leopard from 2009.

They aren't saying XP or Vista don't meet the requirements for an upgrade edition, just that you can't do an in place upgrade. Of course you can't, the file structure isn't the same.

This is even better, it means once again you will be able to use the upgrade pricing for clean installs. Good deal!

I can agree with that. I can use Netflix to get Breaking Bad season 1-3 but 4 won't be out until well after season 5 is airing. It isn't on demand, or even reruns.

Not forced, coerced would be a better way to describe it.

Politicians need to FEAR the population. We should be able to impeach any one at any time with very little work. If I declare a politician to be corrupt, that should automatically cause an investigation to start... an impartial investigation.

They are.

What does this mean?

Blackout isn't the only method of protest.

Who says we see nothing wrong with this?

I'm using Chrome 16, does that mean the most used single version browser is old or that 'NEWS' story is outdated already?

You cant mod somebody up and then post in the same article!!! Noobs I say!

I am a time traveler from the future and where I come from people understand that the internet is a place to get information designed specifically for you by the people you pay taxes to. Other governments are all bad, and we don't dare cross IP borders... especially since they implemented IP v1984 and all networks only have access to their own IP segments and all traffic on said segments route through a connection direct to the government run 'packet enhancer'. It's fun and safe!

Sounds like public transportation cuts jobs. If everybody rode in buses or trains, the number of auto mechanics would go down drastically.

Cool, so if anybody has a question about the authenticity of a picture they just need to call up Anonymous Coward with their mad pixel skill.

You had hardware that was incompatible with XP SP2 firewall or am I reading that wrong?

And because the DVD company lost money on sales they never were going to get, now we have an easier way for our constitutional rights to be removed.

If zombies ever really happen, I hope the founding fathers come back to eat the brains of our current leaders!

It needs to be preinstalled on their computer when they buy it... I would guess 75% of the people who have computers use whatever comes preinstalled because that is what they think their computer is. The concept of 'operating system' is still foreign to most people.

If Linux can be preinstalled with a desktop that looks as nice as the competing Windows and OS X systems, it will start to be mainstream. When they only way to buy a linux baed system is through the business page on Dell or some random Linux Laptop page, most people wont even know it is an option.

As far as it's current state, it should be good for most people. The fact that most documentation online is designed for geeks would hurt the average noob trying to figure stuff out though. The second a person realizes their $15 wal-mart webcam or off brand scanner wont work with it, they will be upset. Not the fault of Linux... but as far as most people are concerned, the stuff should just work by plugging it in and putting the CD in the drive.

Actually that is an xml error...
This is a story with a timeline of their logos though:
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/01/06/a-short-history-of-hotmail.aspx