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Submission + - Microsoft purges download area of everything pre-Vista? (microsoft.com) 1

dkegel writes: Over the last couple weeks, many downloads at microsoft.com related to older versions of Windows have been silently deleted. For instance, Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, which used to be at www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28, is no longer there.

It seems that a) Microsoft is getting quite serious about ending even any hint of support for end-of-life operating systems, and b) the era of being able to download individual fixes via the web is ending; the future is automated updates.

Comment Re:Body Language (Score 3, Funny) 315

Your definition of "troll" is astoundingly wrong.

People who suffer from Aspergers or Autism (like many Slashdot users) are unable to read those cues in real life, much less on the internet. They are victims of a disease, but your definition lumps them in with people who try to raise the hackles of others on purpose.

If someone does not understand the nuance of your post, it does not mean they are a troll. The inability to read such nuance over the internet is very much akin to Aspergers and Autism. The person on the other end is working at a disadvantage.

It isn't nice to mock the mentally disabled, but you seem to think it's fine. You, sir, are the exact kind of person this story was written about.

Submission + - LA Times defends software patent troll (latimes.com)

dkegel writes: "Remember PanIP, the outfit that was suing e-commerce sites back in 2002 and dropped their suit after the Patent Office invalidated the patents? Well, the LA Times has written a sympathetic story casting him as the underdog.
It seems that the LA columnist isn't aware of the debate over software patents.

I emailed him just now explaining it a bit, linked to ./'s articles and wikipedia's articles on the lawsuits, and suggested he do a followup article showing the other side of the story.

(A few more emails to the guy might help drive the point home, but please don't send him hate mail, he's just a journalist trying to do his job, and vitriol would probably make him think that the Evil Conspiracy Against The Inventor was real and still active.)"

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