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I agree wholeheartedly....
I know plenty of companies who purchased some of the XP licenses, but these companies enjoy working with 2k professional. I loaded a few peoples computers with XP, and they were confused, then i found they wanted all machines to stay with 2K Pro. XP even with the 2k settings is still not the same as what the users are accustomed to. I figure i'll stick with what my users prefer and not worry about upgrading to XP even after SP2. I work for my users best interests, not for MS's best interest/money line. Now if only Microsoft could figure out that they should work for their users and not try to shove new things onto them, they'd maybe get a better name for themselves.
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Maybe they need to...  Atlant | 04/12/04
i agree  ab12 | 04/12/04
stop changing the interface?  OvenMitt | 04/13/04
Spellchecker?  Fred Fredrickson | 04/13/04
Just imagine how thrilled ...  Laff | 04/12/04
What really scares Dollar Bill is that they paid and still don't use XP  oldskool | 04/12/04
Simple solution..  d_jedi | 04/13/04
I agree wholeheartedly....  Monkey_MCSE | 04/12/04
PC's should be like copiers  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
yup  ab12 | 04/12/04
Could the greate MS Lockdown (activation) be the real cause here?  KeithRisler | 04/12/04
no one really cares  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Most people are the one's who care  BSCpEUSF | 04/12/04
Huh?  d_jedi | 04/13/04
*Cough*  random1739 | 04/18/04
That's a big "if" there...  Michael Kelly | 04/12/04
Not an if for corporate users..  d_jedi | 04/13/04
but....  NemesisNL | 04/13/04
Huh?  d_jedi | 04/13/04
You obviously do not do any network or security planning!  oldskool | 04/12/04
Oh, I forgot to mention the network cost of "phone home"  oldskool | 04/12/04
You 4got to mention...  Nullifidian | 04/12/04
Why would I do that?  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
RE: why  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
You still pay twice.  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
You are incorrect  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
ITGuy04  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
To your second point  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
ShadeTree  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
$50 OEM is way low  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
ITGuy04 once again  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Shadetree, you broke the OEM contract and lied too!  oldskool | 04/12/04
oldschool  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
To oldschool: why ho-OS not cheaper  Ardian Daka | 04/12/04
oldskool  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
CO_TechGuy - corporate L6 requires prior lic. on HW  oldskool | 04/12/04
But MS "needs" the Marketshare numbers.  Rick_K | 04/12/04
thats a good thought and all  Monkey_MCSE | 04/12/04
U dont' know what your talking about  dogfoamatmouth | 04/12/04
You must have missed the point of the article  oldskool | 04/13/04
Actually most people do care  voska | 04/12/04
Some sure do!  Cardinal_Bill | 04/12/04
And don't even think about changing your NIC config  oldskool | 04/12/04
No, because ...  Ardian Daka | 04/12/04
Hillarious  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Be careful  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
What you should of said...  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
No system builder...  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
You just don't get it.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Enterprise Wintendo Doesn't Have Activation  Chad_z | 04/12/04
Hobbyist?  DarbyOhara | 04/12/04
I'm paid to experiment with technology  voska | 04/13/04
The Thing That MS Keeps Missing ...  coffeenite | 04/12/04
{cough} because it is crud {cough}  Xunil_Sierutuf | 04/12/04
Zone Alarm?  bmonster | 04/12/04
Don't knock it  Taz_z | 04/12/04
NO, go with Zone Alarm.  doe_z | 04/12/04
A little more can't hurt.  doe_z | 04/12/04
Office comp  PA-ITGuy | 04/12/04
Through all the Talk  BSCpEUSF | 04/12/04
Please explain why HW firewall is better than SW firewall?  oldskool | 04/12/04
the hardware firewall  V Sanders | 04/12/04
That's policy not implementation SW can do this too  oldskool | 04/12/04
Pulled Zone Alarm out  AbsolutelyNot | 04/12/04
It's WAY too helpful  Takalok | 04/12/04
you right  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Actually  PA-ITGuy | 04/12/04
You hit one of my major sore spots with XP  vferrara | 04/12/04
can turn that off too  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Re: You hit one of my major sore spots with XP  random1739 | 04/18/04
Right click  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
There is a classic mode...  mds_z | 04/13/04
RE: Its WAY too helpful  jrichins | 04/13/04
We actually downgrade to 2000...  mattisking | 04/12/04
same here  PA-ITGuy | 04/12/04
I would agree  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Strange  toadlife | 04/12/04
Simple Fact  wcollig | 04/13/04
MS should consider itself lucky.  Taz_z | 04/12/04
Actually most companies do  voska | 04/12/04
I never buy the warranty  V Sanders | 04/12/04
I get warranty on optical drives  voska | 04/12/04
even a monopoly needs to keep its customers!  oldskool | 04/12/04
What do they expect  tslocum7 | 04/12/04
Problem is customers refuse to use latest MS OS products  oldskool | 04/12/04
this is true  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Why?  Update victim | 04/12/04
M$---Keep it Simple Stupid (K.I.S.S.)  drichards1953 | 04/12/04
hmmm  eLurker | 04/12/04
He's made it clear he isn't a lawyer...  mds_z | 04/13/04
you are *so* wrong  eLurker | 04/13/04
If it ain't broke...  PA-ITGuy | 04/12/04
Microsoft For Nothing (parody that says it all)  DragonBRockin | 04/12/04
Funny the first time...  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
We don't want it  Arrg | 04/12/04
Simple - Dump Dell  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
Wrong again.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
What we would really like to do  Arrg | 04/12/04
Try Gateway!  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Just suggested it to my director  Arrg | 04/12/04
In the scenario I suggested...  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
or Dell, or IBM, or HP, or just about any other major OEM  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
Wrong again, ShadeTree  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
Once again.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Last I checked  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
Not backpedaling.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
You Are Too.  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
Close but not correct.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
The Last Word  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
hit the nail on the head  Hanover Phist | 04/12/04
Many people DON'T LIKE XP ...  George Mitchell | 04/12/04
what else to do?  V Sanders | 04/12/04
I was thinking to many choices  V Sanders | 04/12/04
someone just reminded me  V Sanders | 04/13/04
Why bother with M$ at all?  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
says a lot about linux don't it  V Sanders | 04/12/04
Nope  IT_User | 04/12/04
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Maybe India or China need XP  Thrifty Tech | 04/12/04
XP/YS, etc. does not matter any more....  michael-t | 04/12/04
Sexy GUI?  ITGuy04 | 04/12/04
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Licensing customers  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
Forgot to mention SUPPORT, as well (NT)  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
Afraid of change  Pucky_Penn | 04/12/04
It doesn't cost you to not use XP  voska | 04/12/04
Except the money you DID pay for the XP license.  Zogg | 04/12/04
you missed his point entirely - duh!  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
You spin more than Maytag, Whirlpool, & GE combined!  oldskool | 04/12/04
What color is the sky on the planet your on.  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
MS needs to check the color of the sky my friend!  oldskool | 04/12/04
oldskool.  ShadeTree | 04/13/04
what?  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
The point is monopolists are not allowed to abuse customers  oldskool | 04/12/04
ok...  CO_TechGuy | 04/13/04
That's not recoverable  IT_User | 04/12/04
If a company owns a Win2K license, it costs to buy a PC with another licens  oldskool | 04/12/04
Your scenario only works if...  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
I've been feeling this pain lately  Arrg | 04/12/04
L6 strategy came after the lawsuits, next time it will be in it  oldskool | 04/12/04
Dell offers Desktop with no OS  ShadeTree | 04/12/04
Interesting  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
spoke too soon  CO_TechGuy | 04/12/04
hhmm going to look at that stuff!  Arrg | 04/12/04
Sorry but,  Update victim | 04/26/06
Wait till they see sales of ShortHorn ... XP will look great in comparison  Plain Logic | 04/12/04
XP Vs 2000 pro  djohanson | 04/12/04
Excellent point on companies avoiding newest kernel  oldskool | 04/12/04
maybe because they are tired of microsoft upgrades..  M_c | 04/12/04
DUH!  TerryC_z | 04/12/04
Who upgrades a toaster?  Anton Philidor | 04/12/04
Why upgrade if you still use the old tool ... ?  oldskool | 04/12/04
XP adoption  Gorunza | 04/13/04
WOW! Reverse Pirating, andd M$ is unhappy. (NT)  Update victim | 04/26/06

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