TechNet Users Revolt Over Vista SP1 Unavailability 203
I Don't Believe in
Imaginary Property writes "There's a growing revolt among Microsoft TechNet & MSDN subscribers
who are frustrated that they can't yet get Vista SP1 and test their software on
it. This can't be good news for anyone hoping that SP1 will have better
compatibility. While SP1 has been released to manufacturing, and pirate copies are easy to
find, Microsoft is withholding it from subscribers until early March.
According to the article, some frustrated users are upset enough that they plan
to abandon TechNet entirely and turn to piracy." Update: 02/12 17:37
GMT by KD : Sean0michael
writes, "Aaccording to the Technet blog, they have pushed up the date to before the end
of February, though no exact date is mentioned."
I'm Shocked! (Score:5, Funny)
How is Microsoft abusing its users still news?
developers, developers, developers (Score:4, Funny)
developers, developers, developers,
developers, developers, developers,
developers, developers, developers,
I love this company!
Steve
Re:Bow to the closed source distrobution model! (Score:5, Funny)
Why bother?
Didn't you read the summary? Nobody's talking about switching to a better OS. They're switching to pirated Windows. That means they'll still be writing software that draws people to Windows, and they'll be opening themselves up to lawsuits.
It's sheer genius on Microsoft's part. They save money by not packaging the SP with MSDN, they have developers wooing users to their OS, and they get to sue the developers for way more than a regular license fee or MSDN price.
Re:Hey everybody!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey everybody!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Business plan (Score:1, Funny)
You have been warned!
Re:PROTIP (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:wow (Score:2, Funny)
THIS JUST IN! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Windows users are revolting? Seems unlikely. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:3, Funny)