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Skriven 2007-02-12 09:05:00 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GERALD MILLER
Ärende: NOT a happy camper!
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And do you KNOW why MS is doing that?? Vista is such an Overpriced pice
of CRAP that the rumor was that MOST were NOT going to Upgrade.
Particualrly small businesses. SO they decided to FORCE you yto Upgrade.
Rembember hte MicroSLIME moto in OUR way or the HighWAY!!

Come on LINUX community. GET your act together and produce a version for
the "Average" computer user out there.

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GM>I went to Staples Business Depot yesterday to purchase a copy of Windows XP
GM>Pro with Service Pack 2 for the new computer that I'm building.  I was told
GM>that they were not permitted to sell me a copy.  Whaaaaaaaaat?

GM>They received a directive from Microsoft that they were to bundle all
GM>remaining / unsold versions of Windows XP Pro and ship them back to
GM>Microsoft or else Microsoft would cancel their "Authorized Microsoft
GM>Distributor" license and suspend all further shipments of Microsoft
GM>products.

GM>Of course, they were eager to sell me any version of Vista of my choice.
GM>At that point, I lost it!  "If I had wanted Vista, I wouldn't have asked
GM>the clerk for Windows XP Pro!!!"  The manager said that it would be next to
GM>impossible to find an "Authorized Microsoft Distributor" that could / would
GM>sell me copy of XP Pro because it was likely they all received the same
GM>directive (threat).

GM>I'm exploring my options.

GM>There are lots of businesses that will sell me an OEM version of XP Pro.

GM>And, I've been toying with the thought of pirating my current (legal)
GM>version of XP Pro over to the new machine and sending email to M$
GM>requesting that they provide a license (for their usual fee) for the other
GM>machine (Fat chance)...

GM>How long has Vista been on the store shelves?  I'm hearing that there is a
GM>list of ninety deficiencies and the list is growing daily.

GM>Then, there is always openSUSE.........

GM>           Cheers ... Gerald

GM>P.S.  I apologize for the rant, but I feel a little better now that I've
GM>vented my rage.

GM>... If the solution were that simple, the problem would never have existed.
GM>--- GoldED+/DPMI32 v1.1.5-b20060121 [msg of February 11, 2007]
GM> * Origin: MS: We're upping our standards. So, UP YOURS! (1:342/512)
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