__/ [ Paul Bramscher ] on Monday 12 March 2007 03:11 \__
> flyer wrote:
>> Sounds extreme at first, but...
>>
>>
>> MS Windows the (Orwellian, Brave New World OS):
>>
>> -Spy code in every box (camera in every room).
>>
>> -Obey or be shut down (obey or die).
>>
>> -Hole ridden, severely multi-level patched inferior code (living
>> standards approaching fleas in dirt).
>>
>> -Dark, hidden source code (truth buried under layers of lies).
>>
>> -PR (lies) bought with money (public reality bought with propaganda adn
>> threats).
>>
>> -Bill invests in 7-8 BIG PHARMA companies (everyone on drugs).
>>
>> -Evidence shredded, buried, altered (history altered to fit).
>>
>>
>>
>> Linux:
>>
>> -Open to inspection.
>>
>> -Free
>>
>> -Good PR bought with freedom, choice, quality, performance, excellence.
>>
>
> Not extreme at all -- many of us see that analogy. Further, I've begun
> to wonder about historical vs. modern fascisms. Imagine if fascism
> didn't have a symbol or uniform -- but everything else. What would it
> look like? This is a strictly economic version -- they've been able to
> stomp out resistance in the economic sector by moving a new Big Box into
> an area and raising rent or property values such that the mom&pop's must
> necessarily go under.
>
> With operating systems, most likely they're gambling on being able
> exploit some analogous dynamic.
>
> I had my first opportunity to actually play with Vista today. I found
> it to be virtually identical to XP in functionality, but the screen
> effects resembled a Fox News "swoosh". Sort of an epileptic thing.
> Once I disabled that whiz-bang irritation, I imagine I'd roughly be back
> at XP (but a slower and more expensive version of it).
Have you seen it reduced to classic mode? It looks like Windows 98, which is
the last version of Windows that I used. Even gadgets look like a misfit.
Windows 98 at least has the merits of running more software and probably
supporting more hardware, but that's just the nightmare that lies underneath
the bonnet.
--
~~ Best wishes
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