__/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 25 April 2007 08:33 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> I was a Windows Vista user for like 2 minutes.. but not anymore
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Vista got as far as the "Preparing your computer for starting for the
>> | first time" message and my paranoia became too intense.
>> |
>> | I shutoff the machine. Put in the Ubuntu CD and wiped the drive.
>> | Phew. Its really amazing that when I buy a laptop (desktops not as
>> | much given I usually build me own) it feels like I don't really
>> | own it. After Ubuntu was installed however, the laptop is now mine.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://paultyma.blogspot.com/2007/04/i-was-windows-vista-user-for-like-2.html
>>
>> http://www.ae4rv.com/images/microsoft_vista.jpg
>
> I hope he declined the Microsoft EULA and got a refund.
That's just what I thought. He's from California where they demonstarted
against Dell, IIRC, after a Brit got his Windows tax refund. San Francisco
had some motion going on at the time and then "open source" laptops were
made available. There was also a small discussion about Microsoft spying on
first boot, so I mentioned the 'phone home' routine that's invoked even if
one rejects WGA, sending quite a lot of details to Redmond.
--
~~ With kind regards
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