Overly hot and relatively bored. Bad combination. So I called up Dell and asked them what my choice of OSes was when purchasing a new desktop. “You can get WindowsXP Pro or WindowsXP Home. You can pick!” Well, what if I don’t want Windows anything? Can I have it removed and the cost of the license deducted from the cost of the machine? “You can get WindowsXP Pro or WindowsXP Home. You can pick!” Can I just get a blank drive? “You can get WindowsXP Pro or WindowsXP Home. You can pick!” Tried business sales (who are smart enough to ask for a business phone number for their guerilla marketing but stupid enough not to catch a 555 prefix). Same answer. Nothing new here, and that’s the point. Years after BeOS got forcibly sidelined by Microsoft bullying and nothing’s changed. Microsoft, compete on merit or get out of everyone’s way. We’re trying to get things done.