__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 01 February 2007 07:23 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Tim Fairchild <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> [H]omer wrote:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> Vista gets slated - by the Greens
>>
>> Save the planet and use linux. It will run on lower power PC's :)
>>
>> My wife is very happy with her new Mandriva 2007 on a pentium 3.
>>
>> WooHoo, not enough ram or video card to run Vista...
>>
>
> The environmental impact of proprietary software has yet to be fully
> explored, but it's most certainly enormous. Possibly as great as that
> of cars, if you consider the numbers involved.
This applies to any industry where forced upgrades are needed. However, you
don't see cars going off the road because of minimal speed limits on the
highways.
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