I'm skeptical personally. Whoever said it was the same as the Fuji Tourist was off base. It has less touring sepcific geometry right off the bat (shorter chainstays for example) and poorer components. However, if your friend will be pulling a trailer instead of carrying large panniers, the shorter chainstays are not such a big deal - it's not like they are so short as to make the bike feel racy and uncomfortable or take only skinny tires.

Hopefully people who know more about Windsor will see and reply. The fact that I've often seen new Windsors on Ebay for low prices and I've never known anybody who had one or heard of a sbricks and mortar store that carries them makes me skeptical.