Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:36:22 10/27/01
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On October 27, 2001 at 16:14:54, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>On October 27, 2001 at 04:19:47, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>>Same for any other operating
>>>system you might use.
>>Please mention another operating system I could use.
>>Hint: there is no other alternative.
>>Still not understanding my concerns?
>
>No, you can use Linux, or BSD, or BSD on a Mac in the form of OS X. The list
>goes on. Windows doesn't officially run on any workstations, either.
>
>>If I express my concerns so loudly it is precisely because I do not opt to
>>live
>>in the woods and act as you say.
>>
>>It beats me to see how the sheep tries desperately to protect the wolf.
>>
>>Stockholm syndrom?
>
>Man, you're really nailing me just because I said I work for MS, aren't you?
Not at all.
Don't misunderstand me.
I think most people working at Microsoft are very clever. There is Eugene, there
is you, there has been Bruce, to name a few, as well as all the guy for whom I
have a lot of admiration.
I do believe that Bill Gates is a genius.
I think Microsoft is able to produce very good software when they care about
producing quality (unfortunately that's not their main goal most of the time).
I think Windows 95, 98, 98SE, Me, NT, 2000 and probably XP are great products.
achieving the level of hardware compatibility you get with those product is
already a great achievement, and they provide naturally much, much more than
that.
I love to use Windows. I have tried OS/2 Warp some years ago (at the time when
they had Win3.1 compatibility) and it sucked. I have tried Linux and I believe
that at this time it is not ready to be used by the masses (I do hope it will
some day).
BUT:
I hate to see a nice OS like Windows becoming a giant advertisement for faster
processor, bigger memory, MS or partners owned service. That's not an OS
anymore, that's a gigantic bloat of pure merchandising science. I admit it is
well done, but the OS features are buried under tons of useless and even toxic
garbage.
Personally I use 98lite to remove all the fat from Windows (system restore and
all the unwanted stuff). As a result, my Windows Me is extremely stable. I have
not seen a blue screen since months.
I hate to see the information systems of the whole planet, including
governments, depending on only one privately owned, closed, piece of software.
Especially when you have some background about the history of the company that
owns it (and how they get rid of competitors for example).
I hate to see control over such sensitive technology in the hands of people who
are close to behaving like a sect (which is the reason why they have been so
successful in the past).
Mr Gates is very smart, it's a genius, and we are all incredibly stupid. I don't
focus on him BTW. My only hope is that we will some day understand that the
current situation is more dangerous than an atomic bomb in every PC, that we
will become more responsible and that we will favor alternatives to this
worlwide, extremely unsafe, monopoly.
But to be honest I don't count on it. :)
>What if I hated MS and refused to use any of their products, but made the same
>posts to correct your misconceptions about product activation? Don't shoot the
>messenger. I'm not saying that you have to use MS software, or like it, or that
>it's good. I'm just saying that product activation does _not_ compromise your
>privacy.
I'm not focusing on the activation procedure either. I don't like it and I will
simply wait for a pirated version and use that pirated version.
The activation stuff is only going to hurt the people who would not have pirated
Windows. The other ones will simply bypass it. I can even bet that at this time
a cracked version of XP already exists. I just have to find it.
Now I suppose I'm going to get some moralist to explain to me why it is wrong to
do so? I'm eagerly waiting to shoot at him. ;)
Christophe
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