I knew there's a lot of resistance to Vista, but I hadn't heard that it's common among Microsoft employees. That is, as you say, pretty bad.
And I find it difficult to believe that HP would design special machines for the non-US market. The general trend in the past 20 years or so has been exactly the opposite, to make the differences as small as possible to get the most out of economies of scale. I find it much easier to believe that Microsoft is using their considerable leverage to get computer manufacturers to shove Vista down their customers' throats. Time will tell, in either case.
And yes, the DRM stuff in Vista is truly atrocious. Although if we're lucky it may actually be the beginning of the end of Microsoft's market dominance.
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And I find it difficult to believe that HP would design special machines for the non-US market. The general trend in the past 20 years or so has been exactly the opposite, to make the differences as small as possible to get the most out of economies of scale. I find it much easier to believe that Microsoft is using their considerable leverage to get computer manufacturers to shove Vista down their customers' throats. Time will tell, in either case.
And yes, the DRM stuff in Vista is truly atrocious. Although if we're lucky it may actually be the beginning of the end of Microsoft's market dominance.