Comments on: Microsoft Backtracks on Vista Licensing Rules http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Microsoft Backtracks On Vista Licensing Rules ~ Windows Fanatics http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82088 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:09:12 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82088 [...] Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: [...] […] Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: […]

]]> by: Kevin K. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82074 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:50:02 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82074 I agree with John. I still think the best thing they can do is to give away the OS for free and make their money on add ons like MS Office, etc. At the very least they could offer a Home-User 5-10 PC volume license for people who have 3 kids and a PC in just about every room. It's bad enough upgrading each one to W98 much less XP and again to Vista. That's almost $1000 each new OS I have to spend! But you are right, John. They are just making a more bloated and restrictive OS which is why a dual or triple boot system is the way to go so you can continue to use the old and only use the new if absolutely necessary! I agree with John. I still think the best thing they can do is to give away the OS for free and make their money on add ons like MS Office, etc.

At the very least they could offer a Home-User 5-10 PC volume license for people who have 3 kids and a PC in just about every room. It’s bad enough upgrading each one to W98 much less XP and again to Vista. That’s almost $1000 each new OS I have to spend!

But you are right, John. They are just making a more bloated and restrictive OS which is why a dual or triple boot system is the way to go so you can continue to use the old and only use the new if absolutely necessary!

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82054 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:55:53 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3717#comment-82054 "...aid its ongoing efforts to thwart piracy" my ***. More like "aid its ongoing efforts to maximize their profits." Does anybody believe for a second that Microsoft won't try this again at some point in the future? FWIS, they always pull this stunt.. pretending to cave to public outcry, then later slipping it in with more subtlety. At any rate, who cares. Vista is all flash and no actual improvements. In fact, the end user will only be more restricted in what he or she can do and everything will run slower. Business as usual. “…aid its ongoing efforts to thwart piracy” my ***. More like “aid its ongoing efforts to maximize their profits.”

Does anybody believe for a second that Microsoft won’t try this again at some point in the future? FWIS, they always pull this stunt.. pretending to cave to public outcry, then later slipping it in with more subtlety.

At any rate, who cares. Vista is all flash and no actual improvements. In fact, the end user will only be more restricted in what he or she can do and everything will run slower. Business as usual.

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