__/ [ AZ Nomad ] on Monday 21 August 2006 18:30 \__
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:46:42 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>__/ [ Jim ] on Monday 21 August 2006 17:41 \__
>
>>> Take your Linux bread. Oh dear, it's too big to fit in the slot. What do
>>> you do?
>>> You cut off the crusts so the slices fit in the slots.
>>>
>>> Take your Microsoft Bread[TM]. Oh dear, that's too big for the slots.
>>> What do you do?
>>> Well, you're boned. The license that comes with the bread doesn't allow
>>> you to reverse engineer the bread (even only going so far as to cut off
>>> the crusts - which would cause the rest of the slice to disintegrate
>>> anyway). So, you have to buy a bigger toaster...
>
>>I'd advise against that. *smile*
>
>>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).
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."
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