not to mention a version of IE higher than 6.

Then why not install IE8 on XP?
Microsoft IE8 Page. Blah blah blah
The taskbar for Vista isnt good enough to upgrade to. Actually I switch between XP and Vista and don't find any real difference in using the taskbar other than instead of using run and search for opening up cmd etc.

Is this another USA shotgun thing?

I agree.
Microsoft would probably like to have a slice of the Server making pie.
But would that scare off their software buying customers?

I for one welcome our Wiimote controlled Mower Overloards and hope I get to the Wiimote before my enemies do. (It's a valid concern.)

Now I have another weather based topic.
In the UK all we really talk about is the weather.
I will enjoy asking people "What do you think about this blank sun? Do you think it will last long?"

You mean people in government are supposed to give reasons for doing things!
I must have got confused somewhere along the line...

I kind of agree.
We have an application for microsoft pcs that is completely free.
It's for opticians and yet it isn't being used that much really.
It's not a light weight app either. 3 user over a netwok and it does really cool stuff. (only cool if you are an optician)

I think it is suffering because it is free as in beer.
If you want to have a look (If you are not an optician, then I wouldn't reccomend it)it is at www.optilett.co.uk

lol.
I was in a rush.
Sorry - steal.

There you go.

I always spell hey as hay, but thats another story.

All this discussion anout whether symantecs products are any good is a bit null and void.
When we used to sell their products our customers would be sent letters telling them to contact symantec to renew. (These were enterprise customers) Therefore cutting us out of the picture even though we had done all the work in getting these customers using Symantec.
Since then we have never sold any of their products.
(We didnt lose the customers because they passed the letters onto us without opening them)

The exact same thing happened to a friend that used to sell their products to.

That is the main reason we dont sell their products anymore!

"Ulrich went on to say that he and half a dozen friends were enjoying a bottle of wine each at his house and used a file-sharing client (the name of which eluded him) to download the album."

There you go - its fixed now

Don't tell me...you work for Netgear!