__/ [ HIT Fanatic ] on Saturday 14 April 2007 14:09 \__
>>> ...and then there's the sheer size of this monster...50 million lines
>>> of code. You would need an army of developers untangle that
>>> mess.
>>
>> Two words:
>>
>> Arrogance & Stupidity
>> http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html
>
> From that link:
>
> ### Microsoft's draconian DRM (Digital Rights Management) features not
> ### only interfere with your enjoyment of entertainment media you have
> ### purchased, but force you to have a much more powerful and expensive
> ### machine just to achieve XP level performance (V14).
>
> ### Windows Update is now mandatory. What's wrong with that? You have no
> ### defense against patches that break other stuff. Worse, Microsoft has
> ### promised the media moguls they will cripple your computer if any DRM
> ### problems are found with your computer's hardware or drivers - this
> ### by Windows Update, of course (V14).
>
> ...this is the reason why I switched to Linux 2-3 weeks ago. The only
> thing left for me to do before I completely dump XP is to find a way to
> make my Canon scanner work and emulate PogoShell compiler (a GameBoy
> Advance ROM maker).
Congratulations. Once you find haven in Linux, you never go back (and you
never purchase Linux-hostile hardware/peripherals either, so it's a one-way
trip).
--
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