__/ [ Richard Rasker ] on Friday 18 May 2007 10:44 \__
> Op Thu, 17 May 2007 22:06:55 -0500, schreef chrisv:
>
>>
>>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070422083715451
>>
>> How did I miss this thread?
>>
>> It's really amazing that M$ has the gall to release such an unadulterated
>> pile of stinking shite onto the market. WTF were they smoking? And the
>> blatant lock-in bullshit. Pure evil!
>
> The conclusion with respect to lock-in was a bit premature, though. It
> turns out that LFS simply /is/ UDF (even though Microsoft calls LFS "a new
> media format ... compatible only with Windows XP or later Windows
> versions" - very confusing); and UDF turns out to be incompatible with
> older CD-ROM players (wrong packet size), which accounted for most of my
> failures to read Vista-burned media; and Linux doesn't support the latest
> UDF version out-of-the-box (2.50), although this is less of a problem,
> because Vista uses 2.01 by default.
>
> I sent an update to the story with these details to Groklaw, and I expect
> it to be published any day now.
I did indeed notice that the item got updated (showed up again in the
feedreader) and read quickly. at least it proves that Groklaw (and yourself)
are willing to correct mistakes or inaccuracies, which is commendable.
The majority of the report was about GUI complexity. That still stands and
it's very valid, vile, and valuable (to developers who need to mend it and
clueless users who need to reject that DRM'ed dogpile).
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