In comp.os.linux.advocacy, unionpenny@xxxxxxxxx
<unionpenny@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:55:03 -0700
<1186516503.426024.108410@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> It was 2 hours into my afternoon snooze when Roy Schestowitz woke me
> up with ...
>
>> ____/ Brett Ryan on Monday 06 August 2007 15:00 : \____
>>
>> > Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> >> Vista IE7 issue remains unsolved for many users
>>
>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >> | When I read stuff like this, it confirms my belief that
>> >> | there's something very broken in the world of Vista.
>> >> | Here's a very knowledgeable user and talented developer
>> >> | who's confounded and befuddled by a well-documented and
>> >> | still unaddressed issue affecting Vista users running
>> >> | Internet Explorer 7.
>> >> `----
>>
>> >>http://techomg.com/vista-ie7-issue-remains-unsolved-for-many-users/
>>
>> >> Some more blame thrown everywhere but Microsoft and their DRM-infected
>> >> kernel.
>>
>> >> Nvidia the Cause of Vista Complaints?
>>
>> http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/08/05/nvidia-the-cause-of-vista-com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > And this is a suprise? Everyone that I know who has worked with Vista
>> > have not had a good thing to say about it. That includes ISP's,
>> > hardware vendors, application vendors. It's a mess.
>>
>> I sometimes see positive reviews, but at the end they turn out to
>> have come from people who are affiliated with Microsoft. Usually
>> it's a story about "getting used to" and "find some new
>> applications to replace old ones", which is similar the the whole
>> "death tidal wave" that affects Vista-incapable hardware, DRM-ed
>> content (expiry/different DRM 'universe'), and Microsoft
>> Office documents that are incompatible (even across versions of
>> the _same software_).
>
> *WHAOOOO* Wait a minute here. "Getting used to", "find some new
> applications to replace old ones". Microsofts supporter say THAT???
> Isn't that what MS supporters say *here* to explain why moving to
> Linux is a bad idea?
>
> What is the upside for a home user switching XP--->Vista instead
> of XP--->Linux? The downside is some money (or a lot, depending)
> and a toxic EULA.
>
And the upshot, of course, is more security. Admittedly,
it's more security for Microsoft but hey...we're all after
more security, right? ;-)
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