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I wouldn't be surprised to see M$ come out with their own distro of linux. Especially seeing what a disaster Vista has become.
Posted by: DarthRidiculous   Posted on: 10/01/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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The folks at Microsoft  Intellihence | 09/29/06
Agreed  webpharaoh | 09/29/06
Not until  Suicida| | 09/29/06
So am I  the_seb | 10/02/06
What are they smoking in Redmond  DarthRidiculous | 09/29/06
Agreed. Even my new office PC in 2001 was reinstalled with NT4.  Zogg | 09/29/06
Maybee  Suicida| | 09/29/06
Don't know, but they light it with $100 bills  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/29/06
It must be crack they are smoking at Redmond .  Intellihence | 09/30/06
in a world without.....  Badgered | 10/02/06
maybe...  nix_hed | 10/02/06
Crack! What else?  jgmsys@... | 10/02/06
Microsoft: SLOW start for Vista in businesses and everywhere else  rh0 | 09/29/06
Don't think so ...  mwagner@... | 10/02/06
This one sentence says it all over again...  Linux User 147560 | 10/02/06
The same businesses that convined M$ to use a monthly patch schelule?  CobraA1 | 09/29/06
Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses...yeah right...  IT_Guy_z | 09/29/06
Takin' the MS payola  stevej@... | 09/29/06
Well, better than beign a Linux  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
very clever Ax_Less...NOT!!  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
And yet...  zkiwi | 09/30/06
M$ Linux?  DarthRidiculous | 10/01/06
Oh they would  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
We are already at 100% adoption...  Mike Cox | 09/29/06
??  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
i get it...  darthgummibear | 09/30/06
He doesn't work at Redmond , he's full of s*it .  Intellihence | 09/30/06
Oh dear  tic swayback | 09/30/06
And Mikey hooks a few more,  Suicida| | 09/30/06
brilliantg  NemesisNL | 09/30/06
Has the new cool "Hot Aero" GUI pushed your productivity  Dr_T | 09/30/06
You mean that you can use Vista  PCcritic | 10/02/06
You ment 100% abortion right....  Jay E Court | 10/02/06
Ummm... are you deliberately trying to look like an idiot?  justchange@... | 10/02/06
I love it!  Zeppo9191 | 10/02/06
Slow or fast doesn't matter in the end.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/29/06
Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! - stooooop -NT  raycote | 09/29/06
Agree. In fact some here are closet XP users  Prognosticator | 09/30/06
Sorry...  Linux User 147560 | 09/30/06
Still in denial huh? (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
No, he's just more intelligent than you are  itanalyst | 09/30/06
Go back to hiding in your trunk. (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Honestly  zkiwi | 09/30/06
You actually make my point stronger  Prognosticator | 09/30/06
lol  CobraA1 | 09/30/06
And like a Cobra...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Windows and excitement?  zkiwi | 09/30/06
No, I understand why he's posting ...  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Thank you!  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
To be fair...  Spikey_Mike | 10/03/06
thanks for educating the blind  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Zat's So?  tonyman262 | 10/02/06
Uh... because I make money supporting Windows.  Linux User 147560 | 10/02/06
I'll bash MS...not quietly...and I dual boot..  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Shill? Pot, Kettle, Black. Sound about right?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Sounds like a typical lazy American.  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Bite Me *sswipe.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Seems I hit the mark!  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Seems you are the only name calling here  voska | 10/02/06
Or the lazy Europeans  osreinstall | 10/02/06
You may never have been into CAD and Video Editing  don_the_newbie | 10/03/06
Not available for Linux  Linux User 1 | 10/07/06
Exactly right  tic swayback | 09/30/06
Ah, you mean like ITunes.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
A few differences  tic swayback | 09/30/06
Yeah, that's why Europe is probing them for anti-trust.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Then you named the wrong product  tic swayback | 09/30/06
Like a flounder he  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Just for you...  zkiwi | 09/30/06
The issue with Apple relates to format and devices.  B.O.F.H. | 09/30/06
It's not about AAC  tic swayback | 09/30/06
Wrong again old man!  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Wrong again old man!  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
But as you well know...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Lying again huh?  zkiwi | 09/30/06
That's not lying  Jack-Booted EULA | 09/30/06
Nah  zkiwi | 09/30/06
ROFLMAO!  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Skip law school, it's not for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Seeing as you didn't read  zkiwi | 09/30/06
You meant to tell me you've never heard of title 15, chapter 1?  CobraA1 | 09/30/06
Abuse of a monopoly is illegal, not being a monopoly.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Guess you need to learn to read as well...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Guess you need to learn to read as well...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
You DID read it, correct? I do not see an "abuse" clause.  CobraA1 | 10/02/06
I'm confused  tic swayback | 10/02/06
Nothing illegal, but definitely advantageous  tic swayback | 09/30/06
On that we agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Another advantage of being in MS' position  tic swayback | 09/30/06
Same as any large company.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
But in this case...  tic swayback | 10/01/06
Because users have had Windows..  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Blah, blah, blah, same old excuse..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Almost correct..  Patrick Jones | 09/30/06
It's the same thing really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
So..  Patrick Jones | 10/01/06
Nice try...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Huh?  Patrick Jones | 10/02/06
Slight correction  tic swayback | 10/01/06
Not according to the Mac  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Most users  voska | 10/02/06
I think this was done for Mac centric businesses.  osreinstall | 10/02/06
osreinstall  tic swayback | 10/02/06
Tic Mac centric biz has the money to do this.  osreinstall | 10/02/06
you're (note...not YOUR) absolutely right...  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Gee, are they living under a rock?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Actually yes  zkiwi | 09/30/06
ROFL, let me ask you something.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Um no you can't unless you go to Dell's web site  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Easy one...  Confused by religion | 10/01/06
Well Milly  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Them are the breaks in a free market.  osreinstall | 10/02/06
Sorry, my post above was meant for No Axe  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
No Vista Here!  n4lxl | 09/30/06
Well, pretty much what we have been saying too!  Linux User 147560 | 09/30/06
Yeah, cheaper in the long run... NOT  Confused by religion | 09/30/06
Exactlly right. My toaster is simple...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
How much in the long run?  Seenidog | 09/30/06
Whine whine whine  zkiwi | 09/30/06
Change for change's sake  Confused by religion | 10/01/06
You know, reading is a useful skill  zkiwi | 10/01/06
So have the person using the newer version...  Confused by religion | 10/01/06
Much harder than you think...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Have an example?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
That's a hassle  voska | 10/02/06
I think you will find  zkiwi | 10/02/06
I wonder  CobraA1 | 09/30/06
Beautiful comment Milly  Update victim | 10/02/06
Funny that you say that...  Confused by religion | 10/02/06
Vista is good, but forget fast adoption  jpr75_z | 09/30/06
If Micro$oft Wants Fast Adoption...  WildcatRay | 09/30/06
Good enough software keeps status quo  Boot_Agnostic | 09/30/06
What Does MS Have To Offer?  RobertoSalazar | 09/30/06
Wait for at least a year.  Seenidog | 09/30/06
forgot to mention..  Seenidog | 09/30/06
Is it free ?  ken@... | 09/30/06
WGA WILL KILL VISTA  itanalyst | 09/30/06
AHHH, I get it...  mdsmedia | 09/30/06
Who else still want to use M$ products?  DigitalCode | 09/30/06
Umm, how about 95% of all users.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Be careful what you call choice  zkiwi | 09/30/06
And Microsoft capitalizes on that.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/30/06
Not really...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
perhaps. But be careful with your comparisons.  CobraA1 | 10/02/06
Stop Democracy! People only vote for what they are used too!  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Hard to say really......  Laff | 09/30/06
Right place at the right time...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
Apple priced themselve out of the market  voska | 10/02/06
Hates?  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Excuse me?  Confused by religion | 10/01/06
I am going to read some more and see what  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
I am going to read some more and see what  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Wow! We got a lot of bashers here!  Grayson Peddie | 09/30/06
What fake world?  zkiwi | 09/30/06
You don't just disagree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/06
No  zkiwi | 09/30/06
And You Continue To Avoid The ENTIRE WGA Discussion  itanalyst | 09/30/06
Are you willing to start a flame war?  Grayson Peddie | 09/30/06
Well...  zkiwi | 09/30/06
Well I don't consider No_Ax a basher and  Grayson Peddie | 09/30/06
Why would you want to?  zkiwi | 09/30/06
No, I Am Just Stating FACT  itanalyst | 10/01/06
Gee, I posted a day or two ago.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Prove it  voska | 10/02/06
And that's because ... (NT)  Update victim | 10/02/06
Read these ?objective? reviews of Windows versus Linux!  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
I went to the web site you posted links too...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Did you write any comment on their website?  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Not yet...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
I can not believe it!  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
No it's a combination of things  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Sorry to hear  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Well, Bj?rn Lundahl of Sweden  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Well, Bj?rn Lundahl of Sweden  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
About Linux  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Very good!  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
I may not use Windows...  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Please answer this.  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
Please answer this.  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
It's not rocket science...  Linux User 147560 | 10/02/06
Athiesism (SP?) interesting religion  voska | 10/02/06
Some more questions  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
Information  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
It was here I first found the links to ?Shelly The Republican?  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
Look in a mirror  voska | 10/02/06
Finding the truth is also a passion  Björn Lundahl | 10/02/06
OK you two goofballs  osreinstall | 10/02/06
Well damn!  Linux User 147560 | 10/02/06
Microsoft seems to be on the edge  Björn Lundahl | 10/01/06
Robust Security...that's why Vista will become the O/S of choice.  cnfrisch | 10/01/06
This is meant to be sarcastic, yes?  HypnoToad | 10/01/06
The only thing you played  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Ah earning your paycheck from your master  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
Buwahahahaha  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
What's so funny is  Linux User 147560 | 10/01/06
The ones saying Vista will be the same as XP  voska | 10/02/06
On that I agree, only someone that hasn't tried it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/01/06
Only time will tell if that's true  CobraA1 | 10/01/06
Interesting thought..  Patrick Jones | 10/02/06
By service pack 5 maybe...  jasonp@... | 10/02/06
Unless they force their hands...  BitTwiddler | 10/01/06
5 year refresh cycle ...  __howard__ | 10/02/06
I dont think so!  Thore | 10/02/06
Lifecycle replacement will drive ...  mwagner@... | 10/02/06
Vista is the best thing to happen to corporate computing  Omer Qureshi | 10/02/06
Microsoft's ? nt  michael_t | 10/02/06
Would they say it would be SLOW?  SirLanse | 10/02/06
Microsoft Vista Sales  mrlinux | 10/02/06
Unecessary noise about nothing. Vista claims it;s going to be  michael_t | 10/02/06
Microsoft?s High Hopes for corporate upgrades  Tib | 10/02/06
To all of my Linux Brethren?.REJOICE  tonyman262 | 10/02/06
Upgrade To Vista!  wjgrimm | 11/03/06

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