Found out where MS makes their money.

[dgingeri]

They don't make it from software, that's for sure. (Which begs, why are they so concerned with copy protection in Vista?) My company just bought a service agreement for troubleshooting and problem resolution that basically totals up to one guy for less than a month, and it cost almost $120,000! What the heck are they selling for this much?? This is nuts!

I just wish they'd fix Vista's UAC so that it isn't so annoying and doesn't stall out program installs.

[PaHick]

I just wish they'd fix Vista's UAC so that it isn't so annoying and doesn't stall out program installs.

turn it off if its too annoying.

[dgingeri]

It's annoying like a condom. I'd prefer not to use it, but in circumstances where I'd need it, I'd rather keep the annoyance and go without the consequences.

[pxc]

They don't make it from software, that's for sure. I know that's probably sarcasm, but MS does make the vast bulk of its income from software.

But I agree the service agreements seem like a total rip off. I guess some companies don't put a low value on piece of mind. I'm more of a "just work around the problem" kind of guy.

[TechieSooner]

They don't make it from software, that's for sure. (Which begs, why are they so concerned with copy protection in Vista?) My company just bought a service agreement for troubleshooting and problem resolution that basically totals up to one guy for less than a month, and it cost almost $120,000! What the heck are they selling for this much?? This is nuts!
Guess I don't know what you are talking about here... what's it for? Microsoft to come in, diagnose your network, and fix your problems or something?

But like someone else said- they make the HUGE bulk of their money from Software sales.


I just wish they'd fix Vista's UAC so that it isn't so annoying and doesn't stall out program installs.
Right there in your comment is exactly the perfect reason for UAC: It stalls out program installs. No OS on earth can tell the difference between a legit program install or a malicious one. Hence, either stop them ALL, or stop NONE. It became quite apparent nobody liked XP in the fact it stopped NONE.

[dgingeri]

Guess I don't know what you are talking about here... what's it for? Microsoft to come in, diagnose your network, and fix your problems or something?

But like someone else said- they make the HUGE bulk of their money from Software sales.


Right there in your comment is exactly the perfect reason for UAC: It stalls out program installs. No OS on earth can tell the difference between a legit program install or a malicious one. Hence, either stop them ALL, or stop NONE. It became quite apparent nobody liked XP in the fact it stopped NONE.

Yeah, that comment about software sales and income was sarcasm. The support service agreement with them is a total ripoff considering they send one guy to help us with our software development, but our company needs it, so we have to buy it.

I'm going to just drop the complaints about UAC for right now. I really don't feel like dwelling on the negative at the moment. I've had too much of that so far today.

[seithon]

Uhm.. It seems insane yes but the guy comes to fix any and all problems with your microsoft software.. that sounds like ALOT of stuff and alot of expertise your getting.

[Sparkyy]

Also look at his company, 120k might be a quarter in the bucket of life really and if they have almost everything windows? Wow that poor lone guy that has to go there, it's like getting tossed to the wolves.
Servers, desktops, office programs, etc. That would be a nice peace of mind right there to know it can all be fixed.

[pxc]

Yeah, that comment about software sales and income was sarcasm. The support service agreement with them is a total ripoff considering they send one guy to help us with our software development, but our company needs it, so we have to buy it.I think it's expensive, but if the guy helps, that's about 1000x better than getting a Deloitte "consultant" (i.e. a warm body that just shows up). :p