* Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 16 January 2008 08:07 : \____
>>>
>>> How long before they introduce some mutation of peripherals with the Windows
>>> logo on one of the buttons?
>>>
>>> "Hey, Jim, I got this new mouse, but I can't make use of all those Microsoft
>>> buttons."
>>>
>>> Jim: "Oh, don't hack around it. There are patents on it."
>>
>> They key question for me is whether Microsoft can adopt a
>> non-monopolistic business model. Hardware manufacture, such as the
>> business Logitech have, is a very commoditised business. Their failures
>> to cope in a a commoditised software environment do not bode well for
>> their possibilities in new markets.
>
> Yes, but see the examples above. With patents and a software monopoly,
> Microsoft has the power to control hardware makers and treat them like the
> shepherd treats the sheep. Just look how chimakers suck up to Microsoft... any
> day. Remember Vista (DRM) drivers... GPUs and the whole mess...?
I read a Letter-to-Editor once that lamented the lost art of tactile
feel on keyboards.
Anyway, fluxbox (and other window managers) will let you use the
"Windows" key (better known as Mod 4 <grin>) as a modifier for other
keys. I use it for shading, moving, resizing, and for controlling my
main audio player.
It is certainly much easier to reach that key than all of the idiot
buttons that require kernel patches just to activate them.
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