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____/ Linonut on Thursday 17 July 2008 11:05 : \____
> * RonB peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> The barber is saying, "Yeah, you're right, that is a terrible haircut. Want
>> to buy a hat?"
>>
>> Now Micro$haft is selling "downgrade rights." How brilliant is that? "Yeah,
>> you're right, Vista Me really does suck. Want to buy XP to go with it?"
>>
>> On Dell's website... "Is there a way to get Windows XP?"
>>
>> "What are Windows Vista ?Downgrade Rights??
>>
>> "Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate have what Microsoft
>> calls ?Downgrade Rights.? Downgrade Rights means that anyone with a Windows
>> Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate operating system can downgrade to
>> Windows XP Professional provided they have the media for Windows XP
>> Professional."
>>
>> And, BTW, to get an OS that actually kinda' works it will cost you an
>> additional $99.
>>
>> (Well, wind me up and slap me silly!)
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/47zewy
>
> Microsoft Vista -- You want XP with that?
Should be the opposite.
Microsoft XP - do you want Vista with that.
The soggy French fries are Vista, not XP, which is reportedly much superior.
> That Microsoft can get away with this boolshit is proof positive what a
> stranglehold they have on the industry. What a cancer!
I got this message this morning in IRC (public):
<brendan__> today, by HP I was told to install a virus or I wouldn't get any
tech support
<brendan__> (i.e vista)
<schestowitz> Really!?!?
<schestowitz> Oh.
<brendan__> yeah
<schestowitz> That's terrible. They said they would support it for a while.
<brendan__> nope
<schestowitz> Once again it's H-P to Microsoft's rescue.
<schestowitz> Do you have the E-mail or some other record of this?
<brendan__> only phone
<brendan__> (I did have a few unplesent words the the lady on the other side of
the phone though)
<schestowitz> Is that really their policy? What's the nature of the support?
<brendan__> windows or we not support
<brendan__> they said it was because linux didn't have the right drivers (but
the problem still persisted even in vista)
<schestowitz> Oh, but did they reject supporting XP even if you already have it
installed?
<brendan__> don't know (didn't ask)
<brendan__> I was using ubuntu
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