Interesting. I took it to mean that you have a plate full of dinner (meat and vege etc) that you want heated?
I can't understand how manufacturers can get it so wrong. I'm no expert on the subject of UI or UX (or maybe I am and just don't know it) but every day I come across WTF moments with products where I think, what monkey thought that was a good idea?

What. The. Fuck.
Personally I thought that was really funny, but how did anyone anywhere think that would be acceptable for a public commercial?

Wow, how many accidents are you having/witnessing? I've been driving 25 years and never ever required a camera for either my own driving or anyone else's? I think they're a great idea but I'm not sure how much use the average person would get out of one.

Er, I didn't say I'm 20 years old, I said I've been using MS Office for that long (and Office is only 23 years old itself). In that 20 years I've had no issues with file format lock-in with MS Office products, so I'd love to hear examples of anyone who has and how that happened.Lock-in seems to be a common argument used by OSS fans, but the reality doesn't match the FUD (ie MS is closed source, you could be locked out of your data!!!)

Yes, I used Word 2003 until last year without issue. Certainly less issues than I've had trying to make OO/LO do half the features that Word does out of the box.

Yes again. Access 2010 prompted me if I wanted to upgrade the DB to the newer format and it did it automatically and just worked.

I've never used Starter Edition, nor I have even seen it being used in any business I've worked with (hundreds of them) So to summarise my original point, can you provide examples of ever being locked out of an MS file? .

Please explain how it is "locked in"? I've been using Office for nearly 20 years and never been "locked out" any of my documents. You are able to save as other open formats if that's your thing, and even if you save as .doc or docx, there is nothing preventing you from retrieving your saved files. The BCP argument is pretty weak to the point that it is completely invalid.

Lol I can only assume that the business you work for has a turnover of about $100, since if it was more than that the cost of an MS license is trivial and not even worth thinking about.

Depends what you mean by 'better'. If you have a bunch of apps that only run on MSSQL the it wins by default. You can argue it shouldn't be this way but in the corporatey back-office IT world, this is how it is.

This is problem with too much theory and not enough practice. Go have a couple of dozen fights and get back to me which striking method is the most effective. I'll save you the effort and pain, it's punching. Nothing else has the speed, power, range and versatility. That's why people who aren't in movies punch each other in fights, because it works. The open palm strike is just martial arts bullshit. A punch is better because you can jab, hook and uppercut with it. An open palm severely limits your strike options.

A lot of martial arts is mostly about choreography (although the newer MMA is a bit more practical). Go hang out in a working class bar for a bit and watch how a street fighter wins. A quick, hard punch will bring down most guys, even black belts without too much fuss. I've seen it happen more times than I care to remember, I've even seen a friend kill a man with one punch. So save that martial arts guff for the movies, in primitive times a good puncher would have enough skills to lead his tribe and rule all the lands that he could see.

Yeah so is a round house kick, the problem of course is that you can't deliver anything as quickly or with the range as a punch. Kicks are too slow and awkward (you miss you get knocked out), Elbows require you to be within punching range which you then get knocked out before you get your first strike. Same goes for head butts, knees or anything else you care to mention. I've seen hundreds of street fights in my time, and a guy who knows how to punch will win every time (even against weapons).

A punch still works better than the alternative (which is what exactly?) You don't always have a rock on you, and I'd question whether any weapon is as versatile unless you really know how to use it. I grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and knowing how punch people quickly brought you to the top of the food chain because you can have the ability to execute at any time at a moment's notice. Weapons never really give you that same level of confidence or intimidation.

To beat any incumbent you need to offer better products. MS isn't just a Windows desktop, it's the server, terminal services, AD, DNS, DHCP, Exchange, SQL, IIS, .Net, Sharepoint and a whole hoard of other stuff that works, and works nicely together with very little effort. As much as the Linux fanbase would this not be true, there is no linux solution that even comes close to this. Sure you could cobble together a bit of this and a bit of that that sort does something similar, but it takes 10x as much effort, only has 1/2 as many features, and is a nightmare to support or troubleshoot when it breaks (or a new guy comes onboard and has to figure out your homebrew mess you created.

A Windows Server Data Center Edition license (licensed per socket on the hardware) allows unlimited Windows server VMs (Standard, Enterprise or Data Center). This may have changed with 2012, I haven't looked at that licensing yet. Terminal Services is a different license however you wouldn't run a Domain Controller as a Terminal Server so not so revelant in this context.