Crippling Vista

[Pete]

Apparently, Micro$soft will try to screw us all by crippling Vista in most
of its versions:

Vista will come in the following flavors: Windows Vista Business, Windows
Vista Business N, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic N,
Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Small Business and Windows Vista
Ultimate.

-Pete

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

I would love to hear how offering seven (eight, if you consider Vista for
Emerging Markets) different versions, each available in 32-bit or 64-bit
"cripples" Vista. Don't you, the consumer, have the choice as to which
version you purchase? Or is this going to turn into a "haves and have-nots"
thing?

 

[Beck]

Apparently, Micro$soft will try to screw us all by crippling Vista in most
of its versions:

Vista will come in the following flavors: Windows Vista Business, Windows
Vista Business N, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic N,
Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Small Business and Windows Vista
Ultimate.

More versions equals greater choice for the consumer. I welcome them.

 

[Clueless]

Yeah, but some people just think it's really neat to type Micro$oft with a
dollar sign, and have to find some excuse to do it ;-)

 

[Jason]

I also welcome the freedom of choices. Granted, it may confuse the end
consumer with all the choices, but if done right, it will be a plus IMO.

 

[Mike Williams]

Apparently, Micro$soft will try to screw us all by crippling Vista in most
of its versions:

Vista will come in the following flavors: Windows Vista Business, Windows
Vista Business N, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic N,
Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Small Business and Windows Vista
Ultimate.

I guess two of those are the "N" versions mandated by the European
Commission, that don't include Media Player.

 

[Pete]

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I also welcome the freedom of choices. Granted, it may confuse the end
consumer with all the choices, but if done right, it will be a plus IMO.

Freedom of choice??? Give me a break.
All the "choices" come from one monopolist. Microshaft creates a full
version, and successively cripples it in different ways in different
versions, and you saps call it choice!
-Pete

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

I suppose you also are of the opinion that Ford Motor Company is out to
"screw" people because the equipment available in an Aston Martin Vantage is
different and of a higher quality than a Volvo S40? Welcome to the world,
Pete. You don't have to buy any Windows product if you don't want to, and
if you choose to, you may spend as little or as much as you want to on an
operating system. If you are of the opinion that somehow everybody deserves
the same thing, well, move to Romania, since they still practice Socialism
there. Last time I checked, MSFT was a "for-profit" company and if you do
not wish to support them, do the intelligent thing and don't purchase their
products.

 

[Beck]

Freedom of choice??? Give me a break.
All the "choices" come from one monopolist. Microshaft creates a full
version, and successively cripples it in different ways in different
versions, and you saps call it choice!
-Pete

Yes it is a choice. You make not like the options but it is still a choice.
If you don't like it, use something else.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

How is this much different from XP Home, XP Home N, XP Media Center, XP
Tablet, XP Pro, XP Pro N, XP Pro x64?

Besides, you forgot Enterprise, and there is no Vista Small Business (did
you mean a Windows Server 2007/8 (aka Longhorn Server) edition for small
businesses?)

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Correct.

I guess two of those are the "N" versions mandated by the European
Commission, that don't include Media Player.

 

[MICHAEL]

Pinko commie shill. ;-)


-Michael

But don't you understand.... we'll be forced to buy basic and then
forced to upgrade. The only possible solution is for the government to
take over MS. Then we'd all be provided with an equal version.

 

[Bernie]

But don't you understand.... we'll be forced to buy basic and then
forced to upgrade. The only possible solution is for the government to
take over MS. Then we'd all be provided with an equal version.

 

[Pete]

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VERY BAD ANALOGY. There are many alternatives to Ford cars. You don't know
what you're talking about!
-Pete

 

[Pete]

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Yes it is a choice. You make not like the options but it is still a
choice. If you don't like it, use something else.

As I said: All the "choices" come from one monopolist. Bad situation!

 

[Bernie]

I must say as someone living under the EU that I feel so much better
that MS will have to provide a truly crippled version of their product
for my protection.

 

[Barry Watzman]

That's what you get for living in Europe, which from our perspective in
the United States is, even in the most right-wing countries, pretty
socialist.

 

[MICHAEL]

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As I said: All the "choices" come from one monopolist. Bad situation!

Well, I sort of agree. However, until some Linux flavor is as easy
to use as Windows- the monopoly will belong to Microsoft. Please,
don't tell me such and such Linux distro is this and that. I have tried
several and *none* match the overall functionality of XP. You want
to talk about choices- use some Linux flavor and just see what sort of
software choices you have. Good luck to the regular user trying to get
programs installed on Linux. Until Linux is mass consumer friendly-
the OS business belongs to Microsoft. Period.

I'll leave Apple alone, for now. Although, they are their own little
proprietary monopoly. Apple = cult, Linux = communism. That's
what I read at some blog.


-Michael

 

[Bernie]

We have a right and a left and an extreme centre. They are like
positions on an aircraft that is heading straight toward a cliff.

 

[Pete]

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Well, I sort of agree. However, until some Linux flavor is as easy
to use as Windows- the monopoly will belong to Microsoft. Please,
don't tell me such and such Linux distro is this and that. I have tried
several and *none* match the overall functionality of XP. You want
to talk about choices- use some Linux flavor and just see what sort of
software choices you have. Good luck to the regular user trying to get
programs installed on Linux. Until Linux is mass consumer friendly-
the OS business belongs to Microsoft. Period.

I'll leave Apple alone, for now. Although, they are their own little
proprietary monopoly. Apple = cult, Linux = communism. That's
what I read at some blog.


-Michael

I basically agree.
-Pete