Love the Scripps Research Institute, I drive past there at least once a week on the way to SKCC.  Small world, its great to see technology being used for such a worthy cause to help speed up basic research into cancer and other diseases.  Computing tools like the application developed in .NET can make a big difference, hopefully in the Future with Vista combined with the TCPA computing will continue to move us forward to a better future.

Hopefully with effective development of the TCPA in the future, maybe signed documents will eventually be a thing of the past for big Pharm and Biotech, and drug manufacturing can be sped up, making the drugs of tomorrow cheaper, and safer, so many possibilities!

That last sentence just gets me so excited...talk about being a geek...lol. And Nick, I just barely read your little line at the bottom, the last sentence, rub it anymore on our faces?...LOL. J/k, it's good to show off all of those Microsoftie perks.

Is there any truth to this?

"Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004"

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Vista_vulnerable_to_malware_from_2004/0,130061744,339272506,00.htm

Not sure whether that is true or not !

I feel that Vista will be alot more secure but at the end of the day all OS are susceptible to viruses, as long as you have a good virus checker then you have no problem.

Everyone should take a look at PC World Magazine's report on Windows Vista.  There are some errors in their report.  Here's the link:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127629-page,1/article.html

This will be out in their January's issue.

Those images of Steve Ballmer make me much less likely to purchase Windows Vista.

You know, images of those guys kinda reminded me of the movie, "V for Vendetta."

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I am wondering if all the people who have Beta Tested Vista all the way through the development will get a deal on the final product, I will look for a posting on this because this is the best operating system available for the common user as well as developers...truely cutting edge!

LorneReap:

It's very, very unlikely that Microsoft will give us a deal.  I think there are about 3 million people who downloaded the beta versions.  That's a lot of money to lose if you do the math, right Nick and Steve?

Sephiroth, I agree although the number of people who downloaded Vista is probably much higher than the number of people who actually installed, used and reported bugs on it. But I'm done groveling. Now I'm just looking forward to the goodies Nick is hinting at PLUS whatever goodies Steve Jobs offers at MacWorld in early January. Business is, after all, business. ;)

Glad the launch is happening, as part of that we just ghosted a few of our machines and were going to upgrade them to Vista Business(or possibly Vista Enterprise/Ultimate with Software Assurance) but we've hit a minor snag.  We haven't been able to find Active Directory/Domain Controller management tools for Vista anywhere.  Any updates on when those will be published/downloadable, or links to more info.

I was invited to the Irish Tech Community Launch in Dublin today, and everyone who attends receives a full free license for Vista Home Premium, If we get the DVD today and the small print on the EULA remain to be seen. But its a nice little Thank you,

and yes I did Beta test and Believe me every error I found was sent back with gusto, Don't complain about Bugs when you had the chance to error report!!

Others who have submitted bug reports have received free copies, I submitted dozens related to ALC660 driver issues, among other bugs, no free here..  Also wasn't invited to the Power Together program, can't be a partner...NTFS come on... I'll stick with Xp until they phase out or offer something better than Vista...

I am concerned about Vista"s EULA and it's policy towards installation. I am a hobby computer upgrader and I frequently upgrade components. If I were to install it on my hard drive now and then later create a RAID array and reinstall, I would not be allowed to install it again if let's say my

hard drive took a big dump, which it eventually will. What gives M.S?

Hey calligaris:  definitely not.  We continue to recommend using anti-virus software on all versions of Windows -- this is what Jim Allchin's recent blog post was about:  http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/11/10/windows-vista-defense-in-depth.aspx.

Hey mesean13:  

Actually, since the license change (due to community feedback), your interpretation of the Windows Vista license is no longer correct, per this post:  http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2006/11/02/news-revision-to-windows-vista-retail-licensing-terms.aspx.

In other words, "you may uninstall the software and install it on another device for your use."

Hopefully this helps.

That is great news Nick. I will definately be on board this cruise. I think community feedback is an excellent way to inprove Q.C.

Thanks again

Hi Nick,

do you know the release date for the italian localized versions for business volume licences subscribers? we want start installing to power users.... Mant thanks.

Ciao MAUPOL:  your Microsoft Account Manager would be better able to provide you an exact date, but I understand that Italian for VLs is either already available or is expected to be very shortly.