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Not that I was going to install Vista, but...

This article tellsof Microsoft's prohibition on virtualization. Now, I'm not exactly sure what this prohibition amounts to... I mean whether there is any actual detection of virtualized hardware, resulting in crippled if any operation... or if it's just something more... shitty...

I mean, there are a few users in my workplace who need Windows VMs (we run VMWare Server extensively)... do I have to ... I don't know... take it up the ass a little more from Microsoft? To I have to pay extra money to this ridiculous company to be able to use their products.

I am so (and I appologize for the potty mouth... I've had a couple beers... not that it's an excuse... my inhibitions are down. Cope.) fucking disgusted with Microsoft. Here's a DIGITIAL company operating like it was a CAR COMPANY. I don't give a flying fuck how much MS payed to DEVELOP Vista. Their per-unit manufacturing and distribution costs are nearly zero. A company that charges $400 a copy for software it expects to sell tens of millions of copies of is just pure unadulterated greed. This, especially coming from a company which can absorb a billion and a half Dollar settlement like a T-1000 can absorb a BB (any doubts? As of 21:53:20 EST 22 Feb 2007 Yahoo Financials shows Microsoft with a Market Capitalization of $287 Billion, while a more traditional giant company like, say, GM has a Market Cap of just under $20 Billion. What's the difference? It takes GM years and tens or hundreds of millions of Dollars to develop a new model, just like Microsoft, but GM's manufacturing and distribution costs are way WAY WAY higher, to say nothing of legacy pension and healthcare costs.

...and ... AND... nevermind how protective Microsoft is of its new baby... Steve Ballmer and company have created a remarkable turd. A co-worker of mine purchased a Vista-installed Dell computer and experienced at least 2 Blue Screens of Death before she could even log in and do anything useful!

Yet again, from he sidelines, this is all, in a macabre sort of way, funny. Remember, I thought Dr. Strangelove was funny.

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