Sent: 07/12/2006
From: StarBlue
Message:Who would buy it if the manufacturer is giving it away for free? I am not a
person who would hood wink some poor unsuppecting soul. Yes it was worth it
back in late May when I bought it. But I feel that Microsoft has taken
something that I valued and took it away from me. It would have been better
to give VPC 2007 away for free, not punish people that paid hard cash for it
to only be given away to others.
Its like what if you paid for Windows Vista, then six months later Microsoft
quits charging $499 for the Ultimate Edition and gives it away. My $499 is
now cheappened to free and I don't get my $499 back.
Jhan
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Jhan M. Jensen
StarBlue
"(email address - cut out)" wrote:
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> If you bought it then it must have been worth it at that time. There's
> nothing stopping you from selling it.
>
>
> StarBlue wrote:
> > I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn around and
> > give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the darn
> > thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image to the
> > computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jhan M. Jensen
> > StarBlue
>
>
Sent: 07/12/2006
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:54:02 -0700, StarBlue
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:
So, you don't buy any computer hardware either? Prices are
continually dropping and eventually you have to pay for someone to
dispose of your old computer. Is the money you spent for your
computer cheapened too?
What about your vehicle? As soon as you buy a car, it's value begins
to drop...
--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.
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>Who would buy it if the manufacturer is giving it away for free? I am not a
>person who would hood wink some poor unsuppecting soul. Yes it was worth it
>back in late May when I bought it. But I feel that Microsoft has taken
>something that I valued and took it away from me. It would have been better
>to give VPC 2007 away for free, not punish people that paid hard cash for it
>to only be given away to others.
>
>Its like what if you paid for Windows Vista, then six months later Microsoft
>quits charging $499 for the Ultimate Edition and gives it away. My $499 is
>now cheappened to free and I don't get my $499 back.
>
>Jhan
Sent: 07/12/2006
From: "Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)>
Message:I agree that's not a pleasant thing to see that something that you have paid
for a few months ago is now offered free of charge but with the release of
the VMWare Player a few months ago and the release of the VMWare Server
today (what a coincidence!), MS simply didn't have any more choice.
In the same way that MS has cut the legs of Netscape a few years ago by
offering its IE for free, VMWare was in the process of cutting the legs of
MS in the domain of virtualisation softwares.
This is a cutthroat business with no mercy to the fact that you have paid
for it two months ago.
--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: http://cerbermail.com/?QugbLEWINF
"StarBlue" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Who would buy it if the manufacturer is giving it away for free? I am not
> a
> person who would hood wink some poor unsuppecting soul. Yes it was worth
> it
> back in late May when I bought it. But I feel that Microsoft has taken
> something that I valued and took it away from me. It would have been
> better
> to give VPC 2007 away for free, not punish people that paid hard cash for
> it
> to only be given away to others.
>
> Its like what if you paid for Windows Vista, then six months later
> Microsoft
> quits charging $499 for the Ultimate Edition and gives it away. My $499
> is
> now cheappened to free and I don't get my $499 back.
>
> Jhan
> --
> Jhan M. Jensen
> StarBlue
>
>
> "(email address - cut out)" wrote:
>
>> If you bought it then it must have been worth it at that time. There's
>> nothing stopping you from selling it.
>>
>>
>> StarBlue wrote:
>> > I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn
>> > around and
>> > give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the
>> > darn
>> > thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image to
>> > the
>> > computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jhan M. Jensen
>> > StarBlue
>>
>>
Sent: 07/12/2006
From: "Chris Tilley - HPC:Factor" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:I have ot say that I agree, I'm most annoyed having paid £70 for it to
unecessary line the coffers of the Microsoft Corporation
It gives me such a warm squish feeling inside to know that my place as a
valued paying customer means so much.
"StarBlue" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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>I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn around
>and
> give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the darn
> thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image to the
> computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
>
>
> --
> Jhan M. Jensen
> StarBlue
Sent: 07/12/2006
From: "Thomas Scheidegger [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message: >>I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn around and
>> give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the darn
>> thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image to the
>> computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
>I have ot say that I agree, I'm most annoyed having paid £70 for it to
> unecessary line the coffers of the Microsoft Corporation
IMHO:
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 was 'free', other (non-Microsoft) virtualization solutions too,
and the technology is dedicated to be (sooner or later) included in the OS anyway....
(remember, even AMD & Intel begin to include some virtualization hardware support in their CPUs)
Compare it with many other technologies like e.g. a web browser;
I paid for Netscape many years ago.... Now every OS has a browser built-in for free.
--
Thomas Scheidegger - MVP .NET - 'NETMaster'
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_dotnet.html - http://dnetmaster.net/
Sent: 07/13/2006
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:You can now share it freely with your friends and family! :)
"Chris Tilley - HPC:Factor" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in
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> You make a good analogy, however it doesn't stop the loss of feeling a
> valued customer - as I'm sure it did with Netscape.
>
> If they would throw paid-up users a bone, free priority support, automatic
> core/vm add beta inclusion if we want it, something, anything...
>
>
> "Thomas Scheidegger [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in
> message news:uV$(email address - cut out)...
>> >>I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn
>> around and
>> >> give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the
>> darn
>> >> thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image
>> to the
>> >> computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
>>
>> >I have ot say that I agree, I'm most annoyed having paid £70 for it
>> to
>> > unecessary line the coffers of the Microsoft Corporation
>>
>>
>> IMHO:
>> Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 was 'free', other (non-Microsoft)
>> virtualization solutions too,
>> and the technology is dedicated to be (sooner or later) included in the
>> OS anyway....
>> (remember, even AMD & Intel begin to include some virtualization
>> hardware support in their CPUs)
>>
>> Compare it with many other technologies like e.g. a web browser;
>> I paid for Netscape many years ago.... Now every OS has a browser
>> built-in for free.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Scheidegger - MVP .NET - 'NETMaster'
>> http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_dotnet.html - http://dnetmaster.net/
>>
>>
>
>
Sent: 07/13/2006
From: "Chris Tilley - HPC:Factor" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You make a good analogy, however it doesn't stop the loss of feeling a
valued customer - as I'm sure it did with Netscape.
If they would throw paid-up users a bone, free priority support, automatic
core/vm add beta inclusion if we want it, something, anything...
"Thomas Scheidegger [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:uV$(email address - cut out)...
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> >>I purchased the program not more than 2 months ago. Then you turn
> around and
> >> give it away for FREE! What about us SMUCKS that paid $130 for the
> darn
> >> thing!!! And people wonder why Microsoft has such a CRAPPY image to
> the
> >> computer industry. I hope MS makes it right with us MSRP people.
>
> >I have ot say that I agree, I'm most annoyed having paid £70 for it to
> > unecessary line the coffers of the Microsoft Corporation
>
>
> IMHO:
> Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 was 'free', other (non-Microsoft)
> virtualization solutions too,
> and the technology is dedicated to be (sooner or later) included in the OS
> anyway....
> (remember, even AMD & Intel begin to include some virtualization hardware
> support in their CPUs)
>
> Compare it with many other technologies like e.g. a web browser;
> I paid for Netscape many years ago.... Now every OS has a browser built-in
> for free.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Scheidegger - MVP .NET - 'NETMaster'
> http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_dotnet.html - http://dnetmaster.net/
>
>
Sent: 07/13/2006
From: DevilsPGD <(email address - cut out)>
Message:In message <u5JFx#(email address - cut out)> "Colin Barnhorst"
<colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote:
Cute. True...
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What do you want you moon-faced assassin of joy?
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