OT - RAM utilities -> XP sucks? -> ME is worse?

[Thermodyne]

A lot of the MS vs. open source argument would disappear if MS suddenly said that their software was free. The MS operating systems actually work well when properly administered, they just cost to damn much. A lot of people like me picked up licenses during the demise of the Dot Coms. Now MS is trying to find a way to expire these licenses. They feel that they were some how cut out of the loop. I say they could have been there bidding with the rest of us. Another big problem with MS is the need to install multiple layers of software. I would like to deploy an ISA server, but that would require an additional per/CPU license for ISA server on top of the base server license. It has been in the news that MS will begin charging for security. It seems to me that they have been doing it all along. $1100 to $6000+ for ISA server is paying dearly for security in my book.