The company's delayed release of the Vista operating system and the Office 2007 productivity suite likely lost OEM PC makers some considerable holiday sales, so Microsoft is trying to salvage the season for them by offering discounted upgrades for their two forthcoming products.
noted at ZDNet some other details about the offer from Microsoft:
So who's in? "OEMs such as Acer, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba and many others around the world are participating," a Microsoft spokeswoman said.
What's the deal? There's no one, universal discount that will be available to all consumers.
"The OEM program details will be determined by the specific OEM," the spokeswoman said. "The details of Microsoft's arrangement with OEMs are always confidential."
The Express Upgrade plan will run from October 26, 2006 to March 15, 2007.
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David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business. 
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