In article <4648709.QKjVgKaVYk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 19:40 \__
>
> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
> > <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote
> > on Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:52:48 -0700
> > <MPG.207de83f38fc1ba7989757@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> In article <1466420.lyArG6xLiZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> >>> Hunt for software can be frustrating, time-consuming -- and fruitless
> >>>
> >>> ,----[ Quote ]
> >>> | Marko Pohjola knows tech. But even a consultant for a Web hosting
> >>> | company can find himself spending hours trying to find the drivers
> >>> | he needs to make some of his gadgets work with Windows Vista,
> >>> | Microsoft's new operating system.
> >>> `----
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.shadiemon.com/2007/04/04/without-vista-drivers-its-2001-all-over-again/
> >>>
> >>> The following says it all, doesn't it?
> >>>
> >>> How to Downgrade Vista Business to XP Pro
> >>
> >> Slight correction: How to UPGRADE Vista to XP Pro.
> >>
> >
> > Bleah. Just upgrade to a Linux distro such as Ubuntu,
> > Fedora, or Gentoo and be done with it. :-P :-)
> >
> > [rest snipped]
>
> The phrase 'liberate a PC' would even work better than 'upgrade a PC'. It
> also liberates the user, provided his/her data isn't too aggressively
> shackled.
Great concept, LIBERATING users and hardware.
Even the aggressively shackled are going to have to face up to the
absurdity of vista eventually. We'll send MS a thank you note for urging
people over to to Linux.
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