Malaysian Police Not Roping Longhorn Rustlers

Artifex writes "CNN/Reuters reports that an early release of Microsoft's next operating system, 'Longhorn,' is already being sold openly in markets in Malaysia, with local police doing little to stop it. Microsoft's response, of course, is that consumers should steer clear. I'm sure this chaps their hides, as crashing copies of this as-yet-unreleased product are sure to cause dilution of branding."

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Re:It has to be said

[AndyChrist]

XP is an improvement over 98, but not over 2000. Your typical user with a typical machine will crash 98 every couple hours, at least, XP maybe once or twice a day, 2000 can run for days, at least. With heavy use.

I think ME (never had ME last more than a half-hour without SOMETHING bad happening...but I only used it on 2 different machines) was New Coke....something absolutely horrible to make the replacement go over better.

Regardless, there's not a lot of brand-dilution to be had here. The people in the west who would seek it out are probably the sort who already have at BEST a love-hate relationship with M$, or are slashdot users.