OT: Vista, formerly wasBill Gate will have a dinner in his dinning room with a baby-eater from China.

[Meng Cheah]

Christopher Browne wrote:

>On 2/26/06, Meng Cheah <meng-D1t3LT1mScs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>>Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
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>>>"Vista will eat your babies.  Use Linux."
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>>Seriously, has there beem any estimates of price range?
>>What are we up against?
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>Which price range are you talking about?  For babies?  (That being the
>evident point of this discussion thread that people should probably
>consider Godwined...)  Or for Microsoft Vista?
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>If you are talking about the latter, in which case, changing the
>subject to NOT involve cannibalism might be an idea, I don't think the
>price of Vista is of any fundamental importance.  Whether it's free,
>or a million dollars a copy, the apparent changes surrounding DRM look
>like they'll make the new platform unattractive in plenty of ways,
>regardless of price, to legitimate users.
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>If you were intending to discuss the pricing of cannibalistic dining,
>stop now, and consider taking it to some other list.  Usenet surely
>has an "alt.cannibalism" group...
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With all the "supposed" versions of Vista yet undisclosed,
I was wondering about the estimated price range :-)


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