In comp.os.linux.advocacy, p5000011
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on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:23:32 +0000 (UTC)
<f0okd4$dse$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:51:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Vista betas, RCs will reboot every 2 hours starting June 1
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft Corp. today spelled out exactly how users of Windows Vista |
>> betas and release candidates can shift to the final code, and warned |
>> that beginning June 1, preview-equipped PCs will automatically reboot |
>> every two hours.
>> `----
>
> This bit is priceless:
>
> | The only in-place upgrade route -- one that retains the settings,
> | applications, and data as-is -- is from Vista RC1 using a copy of the
> | $259 Windows Vista Ultimate upgrade. Users running either Beta 2 or RC2
> | can upgrade to Ultimate, but they must do a "clean install," a process
> | that overwrites the hard drive and destroys all data on it.
>
> Microsoft's biggest enemy is Microsoft. Vista beta users, why wait for
> June 1st? Pay your money and lose your setup today unless you're a RC1
> user with $259 to throw away.
>
> Fucking unbelievable.
Say not "throw away". Say "donate to the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation". It sounds better. :-)
But one does have to wonder. $259 will buy a lot of RAM,
and quite a bit of disk space.
And as always Linux is free. :-)
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