Author: Slater Wold
Date: 20:45:45 08/06/01
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On August 06, 2001 at 08:50:47, pete stein wrote: >XP probably stands for Ex-Privacy because it will be all finished with your >privacy once you install WindoZe XP. >Even when you replace XP with another OS and delete all XP files, the damn thing >still invisibly resides on your HD and still radiates nfo. >You need to reformat your HD to get completely rid of XP. >XP is more of a virus than of an OS. >The functional files are not a damn better than Win98 but their >protection makes them as unefficient as can be. >Recently I saw a link here to "XP secrets" >That site is plain hype and the guy still works for M$I. >I you installed XP , it's your funeral . >I decided to migrate to a freeware Linux OS . > >Pete This is a hard pill to swallow. And in my case, really hits home. My father is one of the hundreds of developers working on MS XP. When I read this e-mail to him, he laughed. Simple "big bad corporation" propaganda, to spread hype and concern, without a shread of evidence. Sorta like Hitler did so long ago. Don't for one second get me wrong. My profession is Linux/Unix based. At work, I never see a single "window" unless it's an X Window. I know the power, and flexibilty of Linux/Unix, and I know how fragile Windows is. But let's get serious for a second. You think that a company that has recently been convicted of controlling a monopoly, and threated with pretty serious consequences, would do something as stupid as forward personal and/or confidential things to their HQ's? And for what? Is MS planning some global domination, to take over the world and all the computers, so that Bill Gates can rule the world? I mean seriously! Do you think that Bill Gates gives a damn what you, or I, or anyone in the world (home users specifically) does with their products? HELL NO. All they care about, is that we BUY their products. And that we aren't borrowing a friends. MS is _VERY_ serious about licenses. I _CAN_ tell you this: everytime you get a service pack, they check that license. And if it happens that 400 people upgrade to Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000 that have the same license, someone is in TROUBLE. They are simply protecting their investment, and their product. Nothing more, nothing less. And this is, as extreme as MS goes, in wanting to know who you are, or what you're doing with their products. And as much piracy goes on in the US, I don't blame them one bit. As for the call in licenses, get used to it. You said you went to Linux? Most Linux programs do the same damn thing. Use it for 30 days, then call and get a license. FacetCorp, and company in Texas that makes FacetWin, a program to connect Windows PC's to Linux/Unix boxes has been doing this for over 6 years! It pretty much voids ALL piracy. And when I called in my registration for Office XP, I told the lady on the phone, "I have a laptop too, I plan on installing Office XP on." She kindly replied, "OK, I can give you a key for that too, while we're on the phone." No extra money, no extra time. I love Linux/Unix. And believe it to be the "better" business operating system. But I also know that it will more than likely never be as popular as Windows. I have told people I am a Linux administrator, and they have replied, "What is Linux?" And while that might not be good news for the people at Red Hat or Caldera, it's the simple truth. Bill Gates had a good idea, and obviously, it worked. People have made the choice of what's mainstream. Companies bought Windows, which in turn made people buy Windows, which in turn made more people buy Windows. It's kind of like that old defense, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." But in this case it's, "Big business doesn't make monopolies, people make monopolies." We the people have made our choice. And for now, Windows is that choice. At the end of my conversation, my Father made a remark that I 100% believe to be true. If you don't like Windows, or Office, or any Microsoft product, simply do not buy them. There is no need to spread bullshit hype on message boards, and things you obviosuly have no idea about. Instead, do what Mr. Linus did a long time ago. Simply make something better. You have the free OS, Linux, make your own Office suite, or communications protocol, or anything you feel there isn't a good representation of in the IS market. Perhaps you'll be the next Bill Gates. And when you get there, people will hate you too. :) Slate
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