Adding insult to self-inflicted injury

So, yesterday (April fools day, no less), Microsoft held their Windows Server 2008 product launch event in Minneapolis. I got there late, since I had class, and got the software bundle they were handing out. These events usually include free copies of the products being launched - in this case, Win Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2008. Much to my surprise, there was also a copy of Vista Ultimate with SP1. This is a $289 product if you were to buy it from Amazon.com. And there it was, right in the software bundle. I've been to a number of other Microsoft software launches, and they've never included a free copy of XP - not even for the XP launch!

I guess vista's market presence is so bad, that although it would be unfair to say that Microsoft can't give it away, giving it away is what they're doing.

That's the self-inflicted injury part.

The insult part is that I'd actually be happy to have a copy of Vista Ultimate, and I'd use it in place of the Vista Business installation that I'm running now. Unfortunately, Microsoft only gave out 32-bit vista ultimate, and I'm running 64-bit Vista Biz at home. I'm not really all that interested in running 32-bit OS if I can help it anymore (other than that copy of XP I've got floating around for gaming).