Jim wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz pondered...:
>> AZ Nomad on Monday
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I hear that the large toasters are more difficult to
>>>> clean. And they attract bacteria, viruses, and worms. In
>>>> due time, you need to throw the bread away and buy it
>>>> afresh. The shop will give no refunds, either. And the
>>>> large toaster will cease to work unless you plug an
>>>> antenna to it.
>>>
>>> And if you buy that toaster, MS will just release even
>>> bigger bread.
>>
>> And if the already-oppressed toaster maker shows
>> resistance and introduce a double-slot toaster, MS will
>> use scare tactics. It'll also make the toaster more
>> 'trustworthy' and 'advantageous' (DRM and WGA,
>> respectively).
Like Linux bread was really baked with SCO Unix yeast? Linux
bread contains pirated proprietary ingredients? Singapore is
being improprietus by using open source bread?
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5271386.stm
>>
>> To quote the interpretation from Digg, "Bill Thompson
>> suggests that Vista's increasing use of TPM to take
>> control of a computer away from its owner could help
>> promote open source operating systems such as Linux."
>
> hee... I thought of that analogy today in a fit of boredom,
> and thought to myself, after rattling it into my permanent
> notes file, that it actually works. Funny, how things work
> out...
Well, I guess it goes to show that Linux is a real bread
winner.
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HPT
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