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Given what M$ has become, it’s rather interesting to watch this ancient Steve Ballmer pitch for Windows 1.0. Apart from how pathetic Ballmer’s hawker performance is, I also wonder how much M$ marketing has changed in essence …

[via Geekend]

ZDNet’s Ed Bott reports that almost a year to the day after releasing Windows Vista to manufacturing, Microsoft has finally released a document outlining some of the technical details behind Vista’s product activation. Most of the information merely confirms what Windows experts already knew, but one detail is surprising: For the first time, Microsoft has confirmed that it limits the number of times a system can be reactivated over the Internet. The post also contains and interesting link on how to legally obtain perpetual licenses for pretty much most M$ products for just US$299.