Comment Laughing is... (Score 0) 1096
Man oh man...
It really is so sad to see that so very many people just flat out 'don't get it' and most likely never will.
Microsoft cares about one thing, and ONLY one thing. Separating you from as much of your hard earned money as possible, as frequently as possible, with any excuse they can find to do that.
I run W98SE and Vector Linux in a dual-boot config. On a machine that, by most people's lights, ought to have been thrown out long ago. A P-300 with 128MB.
I will *never* run Windows XP. Never.
If anybody thinks that it is 'perfectly ok' to tell a legal and paying customer that 'so sorry dude, but your brand-new computer is turning into a doorstop if you don't call us in 30 days...' what rock have YOU been living under bro?
Hello? The typical 'retail' price of XP is usd$300. For that you get the 'right' to call Microsoft within 30-days or have your 'Operating System' (Linux is an Operating System - XP is a joke) just quit functioning.
Don't even start with the whole 'anti-piracy' bit either. It is simply not even relevant. There is always going to be at least some degree of piracy. Nothing to be done about that. But, Microsoft being the greedy pigs they are, have found a way to track people via the 'activation' and 'upgrade' bit that don't even give it a second thought.
Not the end users....well that is to be expected.
Not the Corporate CIO's... they just shrug their shoulders when the latest virus/worm/whatever takes down their systems world-wide...AGAIN...
Nobody cares...
Like sheep to the slaughter. Running a joke of an OS that isn't even an OS. Security holes you could drive a mack truck through and Microsoft just refuses to do anything about them.
I sit back and just laugh...
You guys take it far too seriously. Don't get XP. Don't get the security holes. Simple. There is no law that says you HAVE to have the absolute latest version from Microsoft. Even if that is what they tell you.
Better yet, ditch MS completely and go to a Mac running OS X or just a straight up Linux box. Go to Walmart.com and tell me what you see in the computer section...
laughing... yep... just ditch M$ completely and you don't have to worry about any silly worms.
How much more 'mainstream' does Linux have to get before people quit ragging on every little detail? Far as I am concerned if you can buy a 'pre-installed' system at Walmart.com that is about as 'mainstream' as you can get. Come on people.
Wake up and smell the java already.....speaking of which I need to brew up a pot...
laughing...
get a clue folks...
It really is so sad to see that so very many people just flat out 'don't get it' and most likely never will.
Microsoft cares about one thing, and ONLY one thing. Separating you from as much of your hard earned money as possible, as frequently as possible, with any excuse they can find to do that.
I run W98SE and Vector Linux in a dual-boot config. On a machine that, by most people's lights, ought to have been thrown out long ago. A P-300 with 128MB.
I will *never* run Windows XP. Never.
If anybody thinks that it is 'perfectly ok' to tell a legal and paying customer that 'so sorry dude, but your brand-new computer is turning into a doorstop if you don't call us in 30 days...' what rock have YOU been living under bro?
Hello? The typical 'retail' price of XP is usd$300. For that you get the 'right' to call Microsoft within 30-days or have your 'Operating System' (Linux is an Operating System - XP is a joke) just quit functioning.
Don't even start with the whole 'anti-piracy' bit either. It is simply not even relevant. There is always going to be at least some degree of piracy. Nothing to be done about that. But, Microsoft being the greedy pigs they are, have found a way to track people via the 'activation' and 'upgrade' bit that don't even give it a second thought.
Not the end users....well that is to be expected.
Not the Corporate CIO's... they just shrug their shoulders when the latest virus/worm/whatever takes down their systems world-wide...AGAIN...
Nobody cares...
Like sheep to the slaughter. Running a joke of an OS that isn't even an OS. Security holes you could drive a mack truck through and Microsoft just refuses to do anything about them.
I sit back and just laugh...
You guys take it far too seriously. Don't get XP. Don't get the security holes. Simple. There is no law that says you HAVE to have the absolute latest version from Microsoft. Even if that is what they tell you.
Better yet, ditch MS completely and go to a Mac running OS X or just a straight up Linux box. Go to Walmart.com and tell me what you see in the computer section...
laughing... yep... just ditch M$ completely and you don't have to worry about any silly worms.
How much more 'mainstream' does Linux have to get before people quit ragging on every little detail? Far as I am concerned if you can buy a 'pre-installed' system at Walmart.com that is about as 'mainstream' as you can get. Come on people.
Wake up and smell the java already.....speaking of which I need to brew up a pot...
laughing...
get a clue folks...
