Stanley Sidlov wrote:
> I offer up this link, "Vista $200 Upgrade for XP"
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-6689143-1.html
> (and they are not sure it's worth it)
>
> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:03:40 +1000, Mike O'Connor wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> There are some scary shoot-yourself-in-the-foot things that M$ is up to 
>> now in the following article - it's a very long article - about 130KB or 
>> so, and the heads-up was given on an Australian OS/2 list thanks to Kev 
>> Downes. This is relevant to all Operating Systems, and one can only hope 
>> it doesn't come to fruition.
>>     
>>> A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection
>>>
>>> This is a worthwhile read.
>>>
>>> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Kev 
>>>       
>> Regards,
>> Mike
Hi Stanley,
Yes, I read that one at the time, and it was gratifying to see the CNET 
tech-journos exhibiting a lot of common sense - it also seems that 
(Sir!) Bill G lost it a bit at the UK launch and didn't relevantly 
answer reporters' questions to him!

Regards,
Mike

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