It is sad to keep seeing the so-called tech media that make up part of the MSM continue to be lead by the nose with pseudo news items like this. My friends at MS have yet to learn their lessons (and the fact that they have the money perhaps downplays the need to learn) that no one cares about their new-and-improved products. It will continue to be a market failure like their predecessor products and they only way the Redmond company will gain revenue is by forcing the OEM partners to pre-load the DRMed software. It is my hope that 2009 will see more thoughtful and considered reporting in the IT press than there ever was.