That's not going to help. Many Windows users don't upgrade not because they fear the price of Windows 8, but because they can't stand it and prefer XP, as simple as that. The only way MS can actually help them is not by making Windows 8 free (as in beer), but for example by open sourcing XP. They might do that when they'll get really desperate, but I don't think they are there yet.
> That's not going to help. Many Windows users don't upgrade not because they fear the price of Windows 8, but because they can't stand it and prefer XP, as simple as that.
Or they don't want to bother with buying new hardware. A friend of mine is still using her 10-year old laptop with 1GB memory and XP. And it works just fine for her purposes (web browsing, gmail, little office).
