I've built MANY MOSS (SharePoint) farms and the ONLY way to get them to run without generating errors in the logs is to build each machine individually and not from VMware templates or cloned images. Interestingly enough, NewSID did NOT solve the problem, but to be sure, there IS SOMETHING that causes this -- and probably updating/extending NewSID would have been the way to go.

I the best comparison Shuttleworth cam come up with is OS/2, he'd better be 'upgraded' into TODAY. Problem seems to be that many Linux applications still LOOK and FEEL like OS/2. There is still no such thing as reasonable documentation. There is still DEFINITELY no such thing as interoperability between applications. Until these issues are resolved, Linux is destined to DIE.

...paid by the lobbyists -- the biggest bullies in the world just got bigger...

Definitely, the best way to get yourself killed anywhere near anything protected by Americans... Shoot first - ask questions later. Let god sort 'em out.

...this is the ONLY way to do business! Having lived in Russia for the past 12 years, I have some experience with this. "Do you want your license TODAY, or in 3 YEARS?"... The answer is usually pretty simple...

FOLLOW THE FREAKIN MONEY!
"cleared $400,000 in Visa charges in one month alone"
Any ideas how much money Visa gets from ALL the SPAM circulating?
Let's just say that it is more than enough to ensure that Visa, Mastercard and all the other companies turn a blind eye to it.
Without the ability to process money -- SPAMMers would be a thing of the past.