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File Extensions And Monopolies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

A_Non_Moose sent us an article from Salon that talks about how file extensions are one of the tools used by Microsoft to extend their mind and market share. It's a very simple idea but its honestly something I'd never thought about. Definitely worth a read, and a few neurons to realize how its really the simplest of things that will guarantee that this monopoly isn't stopped even if Microsoft's deep pockets didn't let them buy the law.

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  1. Re:*NIX needs .vbs by Petrol · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ummm... OT i know, but does this mean you could code a perl necklace into your Anna Kounikova pic? ::grin::

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  2. Re:Its not just MS . . . by Tarpan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [...] but if you view a naked PNG, Quicktime will scale it to fit in the window.[...]

    You shouldn't be looking at such big pr0n images :)