____/ Mark Kent on Monday 24 September 2007 18:10 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Linonut on Monday 24 September 2007 12:47 : \____
>>
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>> Actually, I think we're beginning to win. Oddly, the atmosphere on
>>>> addressing this corruption is about the same as the atmosphere in cola
>>>> was about 5-10 years ago (I'd check the exact date, but google groups
>>>> seems to be completely broken now).
>>>
>>> http://www.globalisation.eu/publications/unbundlingmicrosoftwindows.pdf
>>>
>>> Unbundling Microsoft Windows
>>
>> Windows Unbundled Edition. Let people see how hard it can be to
>> actually /install/ Windows.
>>
>
> Now that would be interesting. Having to find all those drivers...
> install them in the right order... configure everything the right
> way... with no instructions, no help, no irc support, no mailing lists,
> no friendly web-pages backing off bug-tracking lists, no access to
> developers.
>
> When you actually think about it, why would anyone /ever/ try to install
> something like that? It's very much for masochists.
Yes, and they'll just end up installing a modern Linux distros. The tables
turn. People run to Linux when they get frustrated, rather than the other way
around.
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