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Dan Gillmor on WinXP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stop-me-before-i-monopolize-again dept.

A reader writes:There's a new column from Dan Gillmor on SiliconValley.com about Windows XP. The column calls for an injunction stopping the shipping of WinXP. Dan's got a well thought out list of reasons why and how it would work."

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  1. What they need to realize ... by jeffy124 · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    Mcorsoft insists they are adding features to their OS simply because it's what users want. They are correct by that statement. Personally, I like Windows Media Player and IE. But I only like WMP for some formats, I use other programs (QuickTime, RealPlayer, and WinAmp) for most multimedia clips.

    What MS is failing to do is give te consumers ability to use a different program for in a lot of cases. Getting those other programs to be the default for the formats I want took hell.

    Apple has already provided QuickTime within OS-X, so MS could make the argument 'Why isn't Apple being tortured?' Because QuickTime will allow another program to use it's formats. If MS would recognize that, then MS would still be the pet peeve they are, just not on the audio/video front.

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    The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
  2. Here's an idea! by epukinsk · · Score: 4, Flamebait

    So Mr. Gates doesn't like these structural remedies? Perhaps he'd prefer a Mitnick-style behavioral remedy.

    Gates and his descendant Mr. Ballamer are never again to run a technology company in any way, shape, or form. No CEO, no "head technologist", no shareholder, no V.P., no nothing. They've demonstrated that at the helm of a technology company they have no restraint. They will break the law every time.

    Mitnick can't use a computer, they can't run a business. Fair is fair.

    -Erik