__/ [ Jim ] on Monday 25 September 2006 19:22 \__
> The Ghost In The Machine came up with this when he headbutted the keyboard
> a moment ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Mark Kent
>> <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 08:59:53 +0100
>> <p46fu3-4hp.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> begin oe_protect.scr
>>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> Could make a better XP than Windows XP. Sony rootkits will
> unfortunately be
>>>>> unable to function.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.xpde.com/shots.php
>>>>
>>>> Euuuggh!
>>>>
>>>> That Teletubbies Desktop makes me want to puke:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/images/teletubbiesXP.jpg
>>>
>>> MS's approach has been very much to head to a nursery environment for
>>> their front-end. I'm surprised that they've not got teddy-bears and
>>> rabbits all over it. Perhaps that's what the Vista release will get.
>>
>> They do have a puppy dog in the Start menu. Does that count? :-)
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Windows_Vista_Basic.png
>>
>> The following link
>>
>>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/windowsvista/images/image023.jpg
>>
>> apparently suggests one can change this icon as well; the given
>> screenshot shows a goldfish.
>>
>> (The purpose thereof is lost on me personally.)
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Think I'll just stick with this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.genesis-x.nildram.co.uk/images/darkness.png
>>>>
>>>> Thanks anyway.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
> hmmm. Goldfish is a credit card. Credit cards introduce a temptation to
> spend money one doesn't have. Microsoft XP is a money pit. Do the math. :)
See the annotation next to Ultimate features.
http://www.schestowitz.com/Amusement/images/windows-vista-basic.png
Money can be squeezed out of the user using: MSN Messenger ads, Office
licence, O/S 'upgrades' (read: unlocking features that are already on the
DVD), links to Live services and the MSN homepage, encouraging an addiction
to applications (patented and copyrighted), locking of data in proprietary
formats (e.g. E-mail)...
This gives a whole new meaning to 'software donations' that involve Windows
licences, doesn't it?
Best wishes,
Roy
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