CPI

The workers are getting a 21 dollar pay rise! and the pundits are speculating it will push up inflation and the CPI etc....

Now I remember when I was a young lad, my pocket money was initially indexed to the price of a Matchbox Car, and when a little older to the price of an LP... :)

WOFTAM

Laughed out loud when I read an article today stating microsoft is spending something like 300 million dollars on advertising for their Vista operating system, which they claim is working well now and is not as bad as everyone says it is......
I SAY
Microsoft...if Vista is that good, don´t waste your money on advertising. Release the Home Basic version for free instead. The resulting publicity would get better coverage than advertising, the resulting increase in user base would be quicker. You would then still profit from upgrades to the higher spec versions of Vista and sales of Office etc.... (assuming of course that people are happy with it)

For me?, I certainly would not pay for it, but would download a copy for free to try it again...(I tried out the release candidate).
...I´m not convinced that it works flawlessly yet, and I won´t take microsoft´s word for it!