[LUAU] Microsoft: winning the battle, loosing the war

2006-12-31 Thread Jim Thompson
Microsoft's recent OEM licensing changes are making for new linux installs: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36635 Nevermind the brain damage that is Vista: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt The good news is that circa 2007 hardware is going to fly with

Re: [LUAU] Microsoft: winning the battle, loosing the war

2006-12-31 Thread Peter Besenbruch
Jim Thompson wrote: Microsoft's recent OEM licensing changes are making for new linux installs: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36635 OK, but I've had my share of trouble on Linux installs, too. That said, I have never purchased a copy of XP, and those computers that came with

Re: [LUAU] Microsoft: winning the battle, loosing the war

2006-12-31 Thread Jim Thompson
On Dec 31, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Peter Besenbruch wrote: Jim Thompson wrote: Microsoft's recent OEM licensing changes are making for new linux installs: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36635 OK, but I've had my share of trouble on Linux installs, too. That said, I have never