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Microsoft: The Gatekeeper of the Internet
jeffy124 writes "C|net News.com is embarking on a seven day comprehensive report on how Microsoft is moving themselves into position to be The Gatekeeper Of The Internet through Windows XP. The first installment explains the basics of how this is going to happen: Reminders that last for days encouraging users to sign up for Passport, and how Windows will evenutally resemble services like AOL."
Who said they could do that?????
Sandra Bullock when you need her?!
Mr. Gates said "Our customers do want us to make Windows richer and more reliable".
Ironically, all my Windows-using relatives (3) and neighbors (4) only say theyy want Windows to be stable. And hey, have to reinstall itself less often! And maybe not have to reboot 3 times just to install a minor application.
And "new featuritis" seems the main thing _preventing_ stability/reliabilty-- so MS's goals are antithetical.
I have yet to find a _customer_ who demands Windows be "more richer", though I'm sure Gates et al want the "more richer" part.
A.
My Mom has had three strokes, two heart attacks, and a quintuple bypass. As a result of all of that devastation, she has no real short term memory. There is absolutely zero chance I'll be able to convert her to Linux. God know's I want to, she lives 130mi away. It'd make life MUCH simpler, not having to try and explain why the "tv" (her word for monitor) looks blue all the time. Wanna know what she does with it? Plays euchre online, virtually all day. It's actually appeared to have helped her. I've warned her about Passport though and I believe she won't sign up.
--- Think of it as evolution in action ---
I think close are worth money. But I don't think I should have to wear them just because of some outmoded christian "morality" still ingrained in mainstream society.
Clothes are good for protecting you from the environment - one of the main reasons for their existence. However, in large parts of the world, and anywhere the environment is under human control (e.g. indoors), clothes are unnecessary for that purpose. We shouldn't have to pay for redundant, useless clothes in those situations, just because some religious wackos are ashamed of their bodies and afraid to look at other peoples'!
Currently, I can be arrested for walking naked down a street in summer (I'm in Ireland - you wouldn't want to do that in winter.). This is stupid. Think of how much better off parents would be if they didn't have to dress their children for the 6-8 months of the year it's reasonably comfortable to go without clothes.
Choice of masters is not freedom.
-Eldurbarn