After takin' a swig o' grog, [H]omer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> 64-bit PCs: Drivers wanted
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> The woeful lack of 64-bit proprietary drivers (or even 32-bit drivers on
> Vista, for that matter) is only the tip of the iceberg. With proprietary
> software, 64-bit support is practically non-existent. This is shameful
> for an architecture that's been around exactly seven years (this month).
>
> <snippage>
>
> So, what good is proprietary software, when it won't work on your
> hardware ... or will work, but only with great difficulty and by
> unnecessarily bloating the system?
>
> Food for thought, for the proprietary software fanbois.
>
> .----
> | "Proprietary licenses, the crack cocaine of software finance."
> | - Matt Asay, CNET
> `----
Your post reminds me of the old adage:
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
A very succint summary of the GNU philosophy.
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Tux rox!
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