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Personally, I think Microsoft has totally lost the plot with the release of Vista and the licensing restrictions.
1) Retail copies of Vista only allowed one machine-to-machine transfer. If MS are considering a motherboard swap a machine-to-machine transfer then this is ridiculous.
2) Preventing VM applications run anything other than Business of Ultimate editions. I have no idea what this is all about? What exactly is the threat to MS if I wanted to run Windows 98, DOS, Linux or the Home Version of Vista in a VM machine? Why exactly do I need the business or ultimate editions?
* Had to update this to make a bit more sense.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=159
3) The end of volume license keys. Each and every machine now has to pass the WPA and be activated in large corporations. Even if that means activating 10,000 machines. You can buy a server to do this for you though, but this is another layer of complexity, and another point of failure. It common knowledge that the WPA is not infallible. I cant imagine what would happen if a copy of Vista decides its been pirated whilst the CEO of a large multinational is giving a powerpoint presentation. I can, and its probably called the competition.
Now MS has a duty to its shareholders. Its losing billions trying to put SONY out of business with the XBOX. Its office system is under threat from GOOGLE, and office is such a mature product that there is probably no need to upgrade anyway. This leaves Vista. I doubt a lot of people are going to rush out on its release to upgrade. And the business community are already skeptical about upgrading to Vista. Especially considering the new licensing agreements. Its all very well saying some companies get the upgrade for free under the software assurance scheme, but I doubt they will flock to it until they have the compliance side ironed out. Nobody is going to chance their systems locking up due to faulty WPA.
MS are up against the wall. Im not saying they dont have a lot of money. But that can change. The public are a fickle lot, and no amount of money can save you if public opinion sways against you. Some great companies have discovered this to their cost.
1) Retail copies of Vista only allowed one machine-to-machine transfer. If MS are considering a motherboard swap a machine-to-machine transfer then this is ridiculous.
2) Preventing VM applications run anything other than Business of Ultimate editions. I have no idea what this is all about? What exactly is the threat to MS if I wanted to run Windows 98, DOS, Linux or the Home Version of Vista in a VM machine? Why exactly do I need the business or ultimate editions?
* Had to update this to make a bit more sense.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=159
3) The end of volume license keys. Each and every machine now has to pass the WPA and be activated in large corporations. Even if that means activating 10,000 machines. You can buy a server to do this for you though, but this is another layer of complexity, and another point of failure. It common knowledge that the WPA is not infallible. I cant imagine what would happen if a copy of Vista decides its been pirated whilst the CEO of a large multinational is giving a powerpoint presentation. I can, and its probably called the competition.
Now MS has a duty to its shareholders. Its losing billions trying to put SONY out of business with the XBOX. Its office system is under threat from GOOGLE, and office is such a mature product that there is probably no need to upgrade anyway. This leaves Vista. I doubt a lot of people are going to rush out on its release to upgrade. And the business community are already skeptical about upgrading to Vista. Especially considering the new licensing agreements. Its all very well saying some companies get the upgrade for free under the software assurance scheme, but I doubt they will flock to it until they have the compliance side ironed out. Nobody is going to chance their systems locking up due to faulty WPA.
MS are up against the wall. Im not saying they dont have a lot of money. But that can change. The public are a fickle lot, and no amount of money can save you if public opinion sways against you. Some great companies have discovered this to their cost.
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You're so right too. 
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