Omitted the link I was using as the pricing guide...
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/002683.html



Plowboy enlightened us with:
> I'm to the point that I am thinking.... "Who gives a ****," really?
> I mean you seen the pricing vs the included versions (limitations)?
> F#cking-bullcrap idea, that I would pay 200-300, for a less featured
> Vista Business? 260 <upgrade> or 400 bucks for XP Pro equivalent for
> a "vista ultimate" OS? I say, hell no.
>
>
>
> Mitch_A enlightened us with:
>> It's still too early to know for sure but it seems MS is squirming a
>> bit. I hope it's along the lines mentioned in your article though
>> because I can live with 10 activations. I doubt Ive called MS for my
>> own XP machine more than 3 times in 4+ years and here we are on the
>> doorstep of Vista. Between disk imaging (have I recommended
>> BartPE/DriveImage yet?) and 10 activations even the most hardcore
>> upgrader should be ok. Now, if you want to use the same license on
>> all of your computers then you will have problems (that alone ****es
>> many off lol). I know the guys here are all honest chaps and would
>> never consider stealing (and I have some ocean front property in
>> Arizona for sale)
>> What you likely didn't know was the licensed Starforce code buried
>> deep within Vista/DX10
>>
>> Mitch
>>
>>
>>
>> "Larry" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ok, the plot gets thicker.
>>>
>>> http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/10...n_to_bit-tech/
>>>
>>> Now, this is third-hand info, so it has to be taken with a grain of
>>> salt. And this sure as hell ain't what the License says!
>>>
>>> -Larry