Voracious Microsoft wants $450 for Vista

WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this OS
as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or will
start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice - brilliant
MS!

"Rich" wrote in message
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Boe wrote:
WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this OS
as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or will
start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice

That is the silver lining in all this.... linux will get a big boost.
And helped by M$ themselves.... oh, the irony

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way the
US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention. It is
the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and wanting
to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism, the western
Europeans.


"know code" wrote in message
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Boe wrote:
WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this
OS as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or
will start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice

That is the silver lining in all this.... linux will get a big boost. And
helped by M$ themselves.... oh, the irony

Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

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"Rich" wrote in message
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I'm not bashing the OS, I'm bashing the absurd pricing. They are holding a
knife to their own throat in my opinion. I have a feeling this will be one
of the few MS products with a radical price change within the first 3 months
of release.

"Guest" wrote in message
.com...
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.


"know code" wrote in message
...
Boe wrote:
WOW - I thought MS's goal was to reduce the amount of people who pirate
their software - raise the price and I'm sure that is a great way to do
this! Of course it will be more secure - if you make a package this
expensive about as small of a percentage of the population will use this
OS as do Linux, FreeBSD, or OSX. We'll all be stuck with Windows XP or
will start looking more towards Linux or OSXI to be our OS of choice

That is the silver lining in all this.... linux will get a big boost. And
helped by M$ themselves.... oh, the irony

Guest wrote:
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way the
US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention. It is
the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and wanting
to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism, the western
Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its
products.... oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second
rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

VanShania wrote:
Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my
linux box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is
probably a lot more than the average Joe.

I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the
latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security
etc (and it is free).

And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).

"know code" wrote in message
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Guest wrote:
You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why waste
your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft loves to
bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the same the way
the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of the attention.
It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the US for being #1 and
wanting to bring it down, including this country's buddies colonialism,
the western Europeans.

The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its products....
oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

What would you do without Linux? You bias is very clear. Why hate? If
someone can come out with a better product that can be used with everything,
then maybe Microsoft may have some comp, but until then, why hate? Is Linux
perfect?

"know code" wrote in message
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VanShania wrote:
Unless linix becomes as versatile as Mac's OS X, it will only be used by
those who don't have much to do anyways

What are you talking about? I can do everything I need to do on my linux
box that I could do with Windoze, and what I need to do is probably a lot
more than the average Joe.

I have used the latest offerings from both camps, have you? IMO, the
latest linux is now way ahead of XP in performance, stability, security
etc (and it is free).

And, it is now much easier to install than XP (try installing XP on a
S-ATA drive if you're a newbie!).

I am no newbie, but I NEVER had a problem installing XP on an SATA drive.

know code wrote:

Guest wrote:

You know, you people who always hate the #1's drive me crazy. Why
waste your time always bashing them? It is the same the way Microsoft
loves to bash Sony for having the #1 spot in videogames. It is the
same the way the US loves to hate NYC for being #1 and getting all of
the attention. It is the same as the rest of the world hating on the
US for being #1 and wanting to bring it down, including this country's
buddies colonialism, the western Europeans.


The only thing M$ is #1 at is including security flaws in its
products.... oh, and crashing.... and ripping off customers with second
rate products!

I have a very stable, very secure linux box here and the OS never cost a
penny. For those reasons, that makes linux #1 for me, not because I
dislike M$.

Now, if you want to continue using a second rate, highly expensive, very
insecure product, then go right ahead!

The ONLY reason to use a Windows operating system is for the splendid
Microsoft Office applications.

Game producers will adapt their applications to whatever operating
system they want. They are demand driven. Are you suggesting that
McUsers don't have any games available?

Much of the success of Windows is based on Microsoft cutting deals with
PC makers such as Dell, HP and others. They've been in trouble in the
past for this, but regulators stepped in after the horse was out of the
barn. A huge user community had been developed and Microsoft spread
rumors that other operating systems were inferior. They put fear into
their users to help them stay loyal. This is pretty well-documented, so
there's no point in disputing the facts.

But not to fear. Microsoft would be #1 even if it only produced their
Office Suite and spun off Windows to a separate company. But even then
the Europeans would want MS to divulge their secrets.