____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:29 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 06 August 2007 10:27 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ 7 on Sunday 05 August 2007 01:48 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> asstroturfer Peter Köhlmann wrote on behalf of Micoshaft Corporation:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Saturday 04 August 2007 17:51 : \____
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>>>>>> 64-bit PCs: Drivers wanted
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>>>>>| Microsoft is requiring those device manufacturers to develop 64-bit
>>>>>>>>>>| drivers if they want their devices to work with the 64-bit edition
>>>>>>>>>>| of Windows Vista, in an effort to ensure that device drivers are
>>>>>>>>>>| written to proper standards.
>>>>>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6200517.html
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g262
>>>>> Clyzer/?action=view¤t=Untitled.jpg
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The consequences of closed source. More here:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And yet, so many people here, in cola, are arguing that proprietary
>>>>>>>>> drivers are a good thing, even in Linux.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You may now point to the URLs/Msg-IDs of those posts, Mark Hadron
>>>>>>>> It is amazing how similar your lies are to Hadron Quarks lunacy
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jusat to sum it up for the mentally challenged (like you are an
>>>>>>>> extreme example), it was argued that *not* having any drivers at all,
>>>>>>>> as the GPL3 would cause, is a "bad thing".
>>>>>>>> After all, you can't force a vendor to open-source his drivers. The
>>>>>>>> only, and deserved, answer would be "fuck you, idiot"
>>>>>>>> The GPL3 would make the situation even worse. *Much* worse
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> < snip >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Why? Because of Tivoization? If I buy a piece of hardware, I can issue
>>>>>>> any command and have the device obey it. Why should a device control
>>>>>>> the user? Sounds like nanny device for spooks. If such a device exists,
>>>>>>> I do not want it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are free to point to the URL which explains where Tivo does not
>>>>>> release source code
>>>>>> They *do* release the source. The obey GPL2 to the point
>>>>>
>>>>> You are a dumb fsck! Learn to read!!!
>>>>> Roy said his device won't obey the commands issued to it.
>>>>> Dumb fucks like you should explain why when you have source code the
>>>>> device refuses to communicate with its creators.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> While you are at it, please explain how the Tivo "controls the user".
>>>>>> I am certain it is with that evil "GPL2 mind boggling device"
>>>>>
>>>>> You dumb fsck flat foot sock maintainers are all alike.
>>>>> Idiots to the core.
>>>>> You explain how you are not being controlled when your
>>>>> device doesn't obey you its creator, but listens to commands
>>>>> sent by a corporation.
>>>>
>>>> Dude, stop cursing Peter. What's the matter with you?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why don't you take a look at the abuse Peter K is shovelling at me?
>>> It's further up in the thread, and is quite unjustifiable. If you're
>>> going to criticise 7, then you should be consistent about it. Peter is
>>> at least as bad.
>>
>> He is at least polite. Without manner, any forum becomes rubbish and then
>> laughed at. It's also unpleasant for observers, not just those being cursed.
>>
>
> So comparing me with Quark, telling me I'm lieing and that I'm mentally
> challenged is polite? Hmm, I wonder what you'd consider to be impolite
> :-))
Sorry, I have not followed this threat carefully, so there must be plenty that
I have not seen (the Big Picture).
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