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BBC Hails "fair" Microsoft XP SP1

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-the-microsoft-i-know dept.

Richard Bown writes "Continuing their current trend of only giving you half the story the BBC have this article on how fair and equitable Microsoft are these days. No mention of EULA changes."

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  1. Re:Karma Whoring by Wind_Walker · · Score: 5, Funny
    So it really is more that just a lip-service update... interesting...

    (Now that I have an XP user in my grasp...) How difficult is it to turn those programs off? Is it hidden in an obscure Control Panel setting, three pages deep in the "Uber-Advanced Options", with a dozen warnings saying "This will break your computer and ruin your marriage, not to mention bring war to peaceful nations and kill a dozen kittens"?

  2. I've been online too long... by mblase · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...when I first saw the subject "133MB", I was trying to figure out what "leemb" could possibly mean. Then I realized those actually were numbers.

  3. half the story? by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 5, Funny

    Continuing their current trend of only giving you half the story the BBC have this article on how fair and equitable Microsoft are these days. No mention of EULA changes."

    Yes that's why I come to slashdot.org, for pure unbiased reviews of windows! *snicker*

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