In response to http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buyers-Get-Choice-Microsoft-Acts-Threatened-21001.shtml
Dear Microsoft,
There is a reason that more and more comsumers are buying PCs without an operating system. The reason is that consumers are starting to get tired of paying you for bloated, slow software. Also, more and more consumers are getting into the concept of having a "server" on their home network, and to be honest, Linux and BSD are beating the pants off of you in the high speed, high uptime, easy to manipulate server department.
Windows 3.1 took 9 floppies (3 for Dos and 6 for Windows, resulting in aprox 17Mb used) to install, which wasn't so bad. A little large for the time, but reasonable.
Windows 2000 takes at least 1.2Gb and really prefers about 2Gb. When 8Gb hard drives were regular fare, 10% still seemed a bit high a price to pay, and 25% was that much more an insult. Adding to that the space consumed by MS Office, which for some strange reason took 2 cds to install, and a 8Gb hard drive was mostly gone.
Windows XP probably roughly resembles Windows 2000 in space required, and may or may not add stability while adding bells and whistles. I really don't know and honestly could care less. I see nothing in XP that Win2000 does not provide that I NEED.
Hint: If you want more people to willingly pay you for quality software, then MAKE SOME.
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