OT Re: Introducing Windows Vista, Freeware Version

[Antonio Olivares]

--- Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com wrote:

>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Antonio Olivares
> > 
> > >     I was checking the stock quotes (market is
> up
> > > today) I saw the 
> > > subject title. Read the article and this guy
> says
> > > you can buy Vista and 
> > > make copies for friends and the friend can use
> Vista
> > > with just tiny 
> > > problems. The author said that Microsoft is
> worried
> > > about Linux.
> > > 
> > 
> > Which article?  I am curious.  Just like the
> National
> > Enquirer "Enquiring minds want to know"
> > 
> 
> Google gives this as its first article with
> "Introducing Windows Vista,
> Freeware Version";
>
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/12/introducing_wi
> n.html
> 
> But, once you know better, why would you even want
> MS?  I kicked it off
> of my kids' machines already because of all the
> headaches it causes.
> Those headaches are still there in the free version
> of the OS.

I agree with you 100%, if you want to run Windows any
version, you would have to have
Anti-Virus,Anti-Spyware, and have a decent firewall to
protect you from harms way, even if you have all of
that, still some crap makes it way into your computer.
 It is just that I did not know that Microsoft did
away with its genuine advantage program.  It is good
to know anyhow for all the friends that use the other
version of Windows.  I try to convince them to use
Linux, but they are comfortable running windows,
whichever version it is.



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Regards,

Antonio 


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