For me it runs fine on my main system. Windows is nothing more to me than a way to start the applications I need. So Microsoft now forces me to pay E 90,- just so I can safely click my apps again ?

I also run it on a PIII 700 at home, which I use to program microcontrollers and play music for my Saxophone lessons. It is doing that job just fine and has a few ISA cards to support the programming. Wouldn't be surprised if Windows 7 refuses to install on that poor old machine. So now what ? Buy a new machine ? With ISA, Serial port and parallel port support ?

One colleague drives a Toyota Prius, another a Volvo C70 Diesel. The Volvo has a better MPG than the Prius, and though the owner of the Volvo is not a pedal to the metal-type, he is anything but a relaxed driver. The Prius owner is one of those guys who drives dangerously slow because the CVT makes sure the engine starts whining as soon as you only look at the throttle. I'd love to drive electric, but hybrid ? No thanks.

My definition is that when I enter some search results, the first three hits listed make sense. As someone who regulartly touches PCs of other people -people clueless of what the quick search bar in the top of their browser is using as engine- I can say that for me the main way to distinguish between Bing and Google is by looking at the search results: With Google I typiclaly find what I look for dead on, while Bing manages to confuse me and make me look again whether I typed the correct keywords. I must admit, they are slightly improving, but reputation comes by foot and leaves by horse, as we say in the Nethelands...

But I might use some copyrighted words... Maybe thinking of comments is already copyrighted. What do you think ? Should I have posted this as AC ?

In the researcher world, it's all about publishing, publishing, publishing. 90% of the papers is crap, and at leat 75% of the conferences is crap. People fake results, publish even before they have the actual results, only to get noticed. I'm in the middle of it, and I sometimes feel so ashamed by the quality of what I'm forced to publish that I feel like stepping out.

Simple: Forget it. If you got hit by a truck the company will face bankruptcy in weeks.

Please reply by pigeon. Our tam-tam drums are out of order.

So if I understand you correctly you want to play around with Linux and think a 2500 user server is a nice playground ? Please mail me your CV, I'll make sure you never get hired by my employer...

Oh wait, it's not general purpose, so this must be patentable !

What will they steal from which OS / Window manager this time ?