__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 05 April 2007 19:40 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flyer
> <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:52:48 -0700
> <MPG.207de83f38fc1ba7989757@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> In article <1466420.lyArG6xLiZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> Hunt for software can be frustrating, time-consuming -- and fruitless
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Marko Pohjola knows tech. But even a consultant for a Web hosting
>>> | company can find himself spending hours trying to find the drivers
>>> | he needs to make some of his gadgets work with Windows Vista,
>>> | Microsoft's new operating system.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.shadiemon.com/2007/04/04/without-vista-drivers-its-2001-all-over-again/
>>>
>>> The following says it all, doesn't it?
>>>
>>> How to Downgrade Vista Business to XP Pro
>>
>> Slight correction: How to UPGRADE Vista to XP Pro.
>>
>
> Bleah. Just upgrade to a Linux distro such as Ubuntu,
> Fedora, or Gentoo and be done with it. :-P :-)
>
> [rest snipped]
The phrase 'liberate a PC' would even work better than 'upgrade a PC'. It
also liberates the user, provided his/her data isn't too aggressively
shackled.
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