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This is called an eliptical point. You have to go the long way around to get it.. so it could have been said better. I was getting at all of those illegal copies are soon to be frozen out of updates thus making the security situation worse.

Microsoft knows this.. and have thus avoided really cracking down on this practice except to push a point. But now that revenues are flat, Longhorn has been indefinitely postponed and things are not looking as rosy as they once did, M$ is having to do something, anything for revenue growth.

Frankly, Microsoft seems to be suffering the fate of companies that win or get soft treatment in Anti-Trust actions. One could argue that if Microsoft had been broken up.. the shareholders probably would have twice the value in their shares as they do now.. because the current situation with Microsoft actually is suppressing sales and blocking innovation and thus new products and profits. Its called inertia.

Microsoft has moved from rapidly growing marketing company to a monopolistic overreaching cash cow. This is the nature of the beast once you own 95% of the market. You can't grow it another 20% next year. They have tried desperately to find other new technologies and rides.. but Microsoft has had remarkably bad luck in almost all of these adventures.

A broken Microsoft would have delivered the shareholders stock in multiple competing companies each facing each other .. but also would have potentially expanded Office into Linux, and perhaps they would be in better shape then they find themselves now in the context of the new Cell processor.

BTW - the referenceed article above on the Cell processor is enough to make anyone who is in love with Wintel sick.

"I was getting at all of those illegal copies are soon to be frozen out of updates thus making the security situation worse.
Microsoft knows this.. and have thus avoided really cracking down on this practice except to push a point."

Its fun to watch your convoluted logic, and even greater fun to watch you tie yourself up in knots.

Microsoft is not freezing anyone out of security updates.

Read this :

"Microsoft will continue to allow all people to get Windows updates by turning on the Automatic Update feature within Windows. By doing so, Microsoft hopes it has struck a balance between promoting security and ensuring that people buy genuine versions of Windows. "

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+Legit+Windows+or+no+updates/2100-1016_3-5550205.html

All you gotta do is turn on the Automatic Update feature within Windows, something that is very easy to do.

Microsoft knows this.. and have thus avoided really cracking down on this practice except to push a point. But now that revenues are flat, Longhorn has been indefinitely postponed and things are not looking as rosy as they once did, M$ is having to do something, anything for revenue growth.

Awwww, poor Microsoft. They take in over $40B in revenues and $25B of profit per year. With that kind of sorry financial performance, it won't be long before creditors padlock the front door in Redmond... /SARCASM

Interesting info. You know your stuff. Thanks, dalight.