__/ [ High Plains Thumper ] on Friday 04 August 2006 12:55 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> The Ad-Supported Operating System
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> <SNIP>
>
>> http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=738
>>
>> Some time ago I read that Windows Vista's logon screen will contain ads.
>>
>> Meanwhile, based on a phonecall this morning, my dad has become fed up
>> with Windows and WGA.
>
> Those ads sound unpalatable. Just what I need, another spam generating
> operating system.
My mother never knew how to protect her computer (to say
more on "protect", why should it even be active, as opposed
to passive, i.e. security as an additional 'feature' rather
than a trait). I have already told her that it must be
spewing SPAM all the time (it grinds to a halt or becomes as
slow as hell quite immediately, malware appears just 10
minutes after reinstallation), so for the benefit of society
she must upgrade to Linux.
>> He already uses Fox and Thunderbird. He asked me if Microsoft runs Web
>> sites and spies on the visitors. I showed him Ubuntu last year.
>
> What does your father think of Ubuntu?
I haven't made the effort to change his O/S. He's the type
of person who asks rather than using the manual and
patiently learning. He saw the O/S from afar though. It's
sad that the time will be right only when he gets fed up to
the point of misery. Microsoft is taking this a step closer
to the edge. Many recent moves were suicidal for that
panicky company. And customers suffer along with the
company.
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