____/ 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?
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