I"m not getting into a MS vs MAC argument, i'm just answering your questions/statements.

The discussion is pretty irrelevant to me, real business apps (in my business) don't run on macs/os, and I couldn't care less what an enduser wants on their desk, if they can get their job done with a mac or an X86 with windows, they can have either one, doesn't matter.

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

By the way, you can't start a thread with a title like "does anyone like microsoft anymore?", have people respond "YES" and then back off saying I wasn't trying to be provocative.... especially when statements in your initial post were wrong.

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You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Computing is about the applications and content not the platform. All this Microsoft vs Apple crap is shifting the focus from why people use computers to how people use computers. Same goes for FireFox/Mozilla vs IE. Viewing web content isn't about using a browser, it's about making the content available. The content looks more or less the same in Mozilla (when it works) so I see no reason to switch from IE.

I'm not too fond of Microsoft but that's irrelevant. I use their OS and software because it allows me to do what I need to do.

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Wake up every day that would be a start.

I back off nothing, I just don’t want a plateform battle, that’s not the point of the post Microsoft is holding customer hostage, they change standards to block other companies from competing (so does apple by the way), I can go on it you like. If you enjoy the way Microsoft does business than the count is at 1. My personal impression of Vista is that it’s a warmed over product that has almost nothing new other than eye candy and more user restriction on where it can an can not be run.

As for VM, Microsoft HAS blocked this use of VM’s and documented it on page 11 item 4 of the Vista use terms PDF on the Microsoft website. That is the focus of the post, not who has the best OS.

Here is the link for confirmation, look up the Vista terms.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal...s/default.aspx