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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Sunday 18 Apr 2010 15:42 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>
>>> Roy Schestowitz pulled this Usenet boner:
>>>>
>>>> Well, Windows 7 *is* a Vista variant. There are no Windows 7 variants,
>>>> just a different number of features artificially disabled for
>>>> extortion.
>>>
>>> Jeezuz, Roy, extortion requires *coercion* or *threat*.
>>
>> See what they did to that Russian school teacher 2-3 years ago.
>
> I kind of remember that. Link?
Look around Gorbachov [spelling] and teachers in Russia. He confronted Microsoft.
>> Proprietary software criminalises its user/s.
>
> No it doesn't. Some companies "criminalize" their users; proprietary
> software itself does not.
OK, but it can also be remotely disabled. So let's just say the program can prey on their
users.
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