Verily I say unto thee, that Richard Rasker spake thusly:
> amicus_curious wrote:
>> You must really live out in the sticks. To install Windows, you
>> simply:
>>
>> 1. Buy a computer.
>>
>> 2. Bring it home.
>>
>> 3. Open the box.
>>
>> 4. Plug it in.
>>
>> That's how the settled world does it.
Is that "settled" as in "people have settled for lower standards" or
"OEM deals are settled under the table"?
Trust amicus_unscrupulous to condone racketeering substandard software.
> And you claim that this process, costing the average user at least
> twenty hours of work, is /easier/ than installing Linux? And what
> about the annual (or even more frequent) reinstalls? People go out
> and buy a new computer every time the OS has crapped out on them? Oh
> yes, I forgot, lots of people do ...
Windows: The Disposable OS.
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K.
http://slated.org
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