10 years ago I had to reboot from Linux (Slackware) to Windows 98 in order to use my printer.
5 years ago I had to reboot from Linux (Debian) to Windows XP in order to play games.
Now? I have to reboot from Windows Vista to Linux (Ubuntu) in order to use my scanner.

I am not bitter, really – just amused! And I can’t wait for Vista SP1 to (well, hopefully) bring back some of the usability.

Update: Yes after installing SP1 my #1 problem (the horribly slow file transfers) has been resolved, so I am now back on Vista.

Kidding! But, now that Microsoft has opened the trail, one can dream? Imagine how much easier it would be to figure out this stuff if you could actually step through it instead of having to work with the dead code in Reflector.

Well I tried the VS2008 download 3 times now and it always shuts down at 50% or more – they use that crappy “Akamai” download manager or whatever it is called. If the connection is interrupted it comes up with a message box that interrupts the downloads and won’t resume it until you click OK. If you wait too long the authentication times out and it gives “Requested file not available” error. Then it cancels the download. It will give you a chance to cancel the cancel but it still does it. What a piece of crap. Guess I will wait until it is available on the regular MSDN.