Same song as always: America's colleges aren't turning out enough skilled people [ willing to work for developing-nation wages ].

An old printer you don't want is a good way to find out if it's really true that aftermarket refill kits will damage a printer.

Try it, what you learn will save you a bundle.

Whenever there is a child involved all notions of common sense and rational thinking go out the nearest window.

No law is too draconian, too invasive of one's privacy if there is even .1 of a % chance that it will ever prevent a child from having to experience the smallest noticeable amount of pain

I cant help but think that if Wikipedia don't comply and donate 100,000 GBP to some children's charity for their 'sin' in merely being involved in this whole thing they will be made out to be the bad ones and accused of sheltering paedophiles, rapists and other undesirables.

Sorry but that doesn't cut it. The only one remotely from Microsoft is from a technet blog (first result) and that blog doesnt even mention "Linux", "Apple" or "Snow Leopard".

Geek News site saying that Microsoft said doesn't count. Your "repeatedly" also comes down to a single comment from a single event made by Microsoft COO Mr Turner, this is also not a binding statement as it is the COO's opinion. It is the same as McDonalds COO saying in a press release that "the Big Mac is the best tasting burger on the planet today", it doesn't make it true and it doesn't make it binding.

Only fools believe press releases and only the most foolish of the fools use them as evidence. Advertisements on the other hand are not considered opinions and must be factual.

Like I said, MS is smarter then that, they've been slapped around too many times for making misleading statements in advertising. MS is greedy, not stupid.

Diesel engines cost more. North American consumers aren't generally willing to pay a few thousand dollars more for a diesel engine.

Europeans are.