连线杂志总编：Windows 7应该免费

Win7之家（ www.win7china.com）：连线杂志总编：Windows 7应该免费

 Chris Anderson，美国知名杂志《连线》总编最近在接受国外媒体ZDNet采访时称Windows 7完全有可能免费。一起来看看那他是怎么说的：

ZDNet：我们来谈谈微软，你觉得Windows 7有可能免费么？

Chris：当然。或许在某些层面上来说这有些离谱，但这确实是很好的想法。Netbook是很好的想法，至少我是这么认为的。Windows 7很适合Netbook。那么为什么不提供免费版的Netbook专用Windows 7呢？跟Ubuntu比比价钱。本来我可以选择XP或者Ubuntu，但XP要多花20美元，看在上帝的份上，不要让我用Vista，因此，我选择了Ubuntu，但我有一半工作无法在Ubuntu上完成。其实过去我也曾是一名Windows用户，觉得Windows很好。那么为什么不像对待中国的盗版问题一样对待Netbook呢？没错，微软不喜欢看到盗版或者免费，但不得不面对其市场份额。如果换作我的话，我就会像人们希望的那样提供免费Netbook版Windows 7，鼓励人们去买然后发现其不足再升级到更高版本。

小编：市场占有率才是一切，统治了市场，何愁赚不到钱？

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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