Should Windows 7 be a free upgrade to all Vista Ultimate users? | TalkBack on ZDNet

Should Windows 7 be a free upgrade to all Vista Ultimate users? | TalkBack on ZDNet: "Windows 7 is Vista
My puters came with Vista Home Premium preinstalled. They worked pretty well, and I never jumped on the anti-Vista bandwagon. However, I've noticed that Microsoft likes to release things before they are ready, and then sell upgrades to a version that (mostly) works right. That's unethical. That's unacceptable. That's common practice in the world of software and I've worked for companies that did it.

I think the recent move by Microsoft to allow users to download and use the Windows 7 RC1 for a full ywar is a step in the right direction. However, I've taken the precaution of installing it in a virtual machine, running inside Ubuntu, which is now my operating system of choice. I have this vm with Windows 7 so that I can help clients who actually use Windows as their operating system of choice, or who use Internet Explorer as their browser of choice. Also there is still some website software out there that only works under Internet Explorer, so I need an environment where I can use it. I prefer the full-virtual-machine solution to using Wine because it provides a degree of separation from my native Linux software. There won't be any 'glitches' where Microsoft destroys the competition's environment, or at least the accidents are more likely"