My rant

I''ve been using Visual C++ 6.0 to make a game, but unfortunatly I didn''t own the copy I was working with (that does not necessarily mean it was pirated!). So I''ve been itching to buy my own copy of it. A while ago I tried to buy it from buy.com, but it was right after Microsoft came out with the .NET version, but buy.com still had 6.0 listed. So I ordered it. But as soon as I did, buy.com said they were out of stock. So I figured they''ll surely get some new ones in or tell me that they couldn''t fullfill my order or SOMETHING, right? A few months pass and I haven''t gotten neither word nor package from buy.com. I send several email of increasing anger demanding for buy.com to DO something, and each time I get a reply exactly the same. To summarize: "We don''t know when we''re gonna be getting any more of this item, so just be patient." This was MONTHS after I had first ordered it, and I still had nothing to show for it, so I finally got tired of the whole thing and canceled my order. Several months pass and I decide i might as well order .NET, and right as I''m about to order I check out the system requirments and what does it say? Doesn''t support Windows 98! BradDaBug: "Hey, Microsoft, could I please have a compiler and IDE to develop for your platform?" Microsoft: "Our platform? Are you talking about Windows 98? NO! You''ll have to spend $300 and upgrade, plus spend another $200 on .NET edition!" BradDaBug: "But I don''t have that kind of money!" Microsoft: *crushes BradDaBug into splattered goo with giant SOL rubber stamp*