"And two, Microsoft is desperate to win its straying customers back from Macs OS and Linux-powered netbooks.
"If Microsoft is really serious about making amends to their customers though, this offer isn't enough.
"No, if Microsoft really wants to make its customers happy, they should do what my friend Jason Perlow suggests, "since Windows 7 is essentially a performance and usability fix for a defective product, I'm of the increasing opinion that a Windows 7 upgrade should be free to anyone who was conned into buying Windows Vista.""