RE: 5.0 Availability was ->RE: [WDSCI-L] V4.0 Service Packs 3 & 4

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First comment.  Everything I've seen in PC mags and elsewhere on the web (we
researched it fairly extensively just before buying new PCs since so many
only offered XP) said that if you have Win 2000 there is zero point in
switching.  Tech Republic (I think) did a piece on this.  They came up with
a couple of situations where you might want to switch, but overall the
consensus seemed to be "why give MS more money when you don't need to".

My other feeling is that since I change hardware around a lot on my PCs (and
I depend on them totally to make my living) - the last thing on earth I want
to have to do is to "phone home" to Mother MS to get permission to use
something I've paid for just because they suspect me of cheating.  Even IBM
at their height never got this arrogant.  I'm hoping that by the time I need
to replace Win 2000 I can move to a Linux (or other) desktop and forget all
about MS.

As to WDSc - it was only the WDT400 V5R1 that had trouble with XP install.
WDSc V4 and the just released V5 are both tested for XP and should install
just fine.

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com