From: "Glenn Meadows" 

He left off one big option:

Pay Microsoft $0.00 and NOT UPGRADE, or switch to a different OS.

The number of folks here in the office that are SERIOUSLY considering going
to just the little Mac-Mini is amazing.  Most are all totally fed up with
Windows/MS.

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Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
message news:45771f07$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>I agree it's a minor annoyance as is the bull that Microsoft spouts.
>Obviously only a user that shells out at least $300 understands the risks.
>
> http://slashdot.org/articles/06/11/24/0835208.shtml
>
> "'Microsoft says that consumers don't understand the risks of running
> virtual machines, and they only want enterprises that understand the risks
> to run Vista on a VM. So, Microsoft removes user choice in the name of
> security,' says Gartner analyst Michael Silver. 'The other option is to
> pay Microsoft US$300 for Windows Vista Business or US$399 for Windows
> Ultimate, instead of US$200 for Home Basic or US$239 for Home Premium,'
> Silver suggested."
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:4577060c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> This is the same company that excluded Vista Home users ( excepting MSDN
>>> users ) from running Virtualization in their EULA.
>>
>> Make that running Vista Home (basic and premium?) in a virtual Machine
>> and you'd be right.  They also prohibit DRM in a VM too.  It's just a
>> minor annoyance compared to WGA and its ilk anyway...
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote
in message
>> news:457702de$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> This is the same company that excluded Vista Home users ( excepting MSDN
>>> users ) from running Virtualization in their EULA.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:4576c7ed$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>I go to MSDN today to download Vista, download is no
problem. Then I go
>>>>to
>>>> get a key and here is what it says:
>>>>
>>>> Windows Vista Business Product Keys Temporarily Unavailable
>>>>
>>>> You may install Vista Business without a product key by choosing to
>>>> install
>>>> Windows Vista without a product key on the product key input screen
>>>> during
>>>> setup. On the following setup screen please specify which edition to
>>>> install
>>>> (all Vista editions will be listed). Setup will then
continue, and once
>>>> complete you can use Windows Vista for 15 days before activation is
>>>> required. When keys become available, you can then activate your
>>>> installation. Using this process, Windows Vista can only
be activated
>>>> with a
>>>> product key that matches the version specified during setup.
>>>>
>>>> WTF, they expect me to swallow this shit? This is one really FU'd
>>>> company if
>>>> they think this sort of professional attitude is going to
score points
>>>> with
>>>> anyone. The reason I am downloading Vista and requesting a
key is so I
>>>> can
>>>> make a decision on whether or not we are ever going to move to a new
>>>> version
>>>> of Windows (we run W2K) or move to another platform like Linux.
>>>>
>>>> I think I just got my answer without even having installed it yet.
>>>>
>>>> Geo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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