__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Wednesday 20 September 2006 15:18 \__
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> "Peter Köhlmann" <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eeri81$p06$00$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Oliver Wong wrote:
>>
>>> So do you disagree that these features are interesting? Do you think
>>> IPv6 or symbolic links are uninteresting? Do you ever use symbolic links
>>> on your machine? I suspect that you do. Even if you didn't know anything
>>> about Linux, just a basic install of Linux probably automatically creates
>>> symbolic links somewhere on your disk, right? So if nothing else, they
>>> are
>>> at least *useful*.
>>>
>>
>> I think those features are *extremely* uninteresting in a windows product
>
> So in other words, these features would be interesting to you if they
> appeared in a non-Windows product (e.g. Linux), but due to the fact that
> they appear in a Windows product, you find them "*extremely*
> uninteresting". I rest my case about anti-Microsoft bias.
>
>>
>> You see, I've got all of those which might interest me since quite some
>> time, as I use linux. MS is simply years behind with the really
>> interesting
>> stuff
>> MS could have added them just as easily in a SP3 to XP.
>
> Do you honestly believe they could have added a completely rewritten
> user-space driver framework in an SP3 to XP?
I sure do not, personally. Windows code is an utter mess as it's not modular.
It's no secret either, but Microsoft keeps quiet about such embarrassing
details.
Lo' and behold. We can recompile and upgrade our kernel -- the very bread and
butter -- shall we wish to do so. Desktop environments and applications
likewise.
Peter's point w.r.t. DRM was an excellent illustration of how self-serving
and vain Microsoft has become. Why? Because it can. It's about what
/Microsoft/ can gain, rather than the customer, let alone other residents on
the Web who are not Microsoft customer.
Best wishes,
Roy
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