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Microsoft Unhappy With HP's iTunes Decision
rbrandis writes "The general manager of Microsoft's Windows digital media division David Fester has suggested that iTunes' emerging dominance would be bad for consumers, because it would limit them to the iPod, as opposed to limiting them to Microsoft based products. In a moment of what must have been an attempt at ironic humor he said, 'Windows is about choice - you can mix and match software and music player stuff. We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services.'"
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non-communist, non-negro, jews who are in favor of clitoral stimulation but opposed to posting logged in but also opposed to Ali. Hope that makes sense.
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its rather big and bloated and of sub-par consistency. I'd rather take my Ass Around the Corner and hang with the other non-conformers.
See now I loved that book, but I agree that the ending was crap. Oh shit this is off topic isn't it?
Now it's my understanding that pdf is a shortened form of the word pedofile. Is this incorrect? It always worried me when I was younger that corporations would only give me product information in pdf format...
True story.
The correct abbreviation for pedofile is "pedo" (as you will see very quickly if you happen to stumble upon alt.sex.stories). PDF is "portable document format".
It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
The (probly no where near) the first to say:
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It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Who the hell said the above post is 'Flamebait' ?
I'm fed up with misuse of the moderation system.
Go and burn my karma you lamer.
Iraq: war to save the U
I am the paedofinder general. By the powers invested in me by News International I pronounce you guilty!
I had a similar experience a few weeks ago in a thread about spam. Someone asked for Alan Ralsky's address, I posted it, and immediately got modded "-1, Troll"! I asked why, and eventually it moved up to 1. Apparently some folks are a bit loose with their labels....
Q: What does the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stand for? A: Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Want to have fun with the mods? Make a comment that is offensive to zealots, but funny to sane people, and watch the mods fight it out. The same comment will be modded down to -1 as troll and up to +5 as funny, and down again, probably leveling at 2. The fight can last days! Here's one now. So, Microshaft is pissed a Hewlett-Packard-Bell for working with Apple? Does that mean that pavilion PCs won't have Windows anymore? I hope so! The hardware will still suck ass, though. I think I'll get a Compaq.
How ya like dat?
If you dislike iTunes you could always use weedshare
is Linux.
I have RedHat installed on a system sitting on a shelf in my closet that I have no intention of using. I just havn't be sufficiently motivated to format it because I already have two Windows boxes doing everything I need.
It's very convienent to blame MS for Linux's failure on the desktop but I blame Linux. It's not MS's fault Linux is too overly complicated for a typical home user to handle.
Windows is a very benign operating system. I run open source and closed source applications on it. I have software from dozens of vendors on it.
Microsoft doesn't lock you in to anything. You're prefectly free to build a system from scratch and not play their vendor games. You're prefectly free to not use MS Office. You're perfectly free not to use MS media formats. You're perfectly free not to use any software included with Windows.
You can whine that the mass market isn't "educated" all you want but it's the Linux community's responsibility to advertise their products.
If that's what's important to you, allocate a budget for TV and radio ads. If you think Linux is ready for the desktop start advertising. IBM advertising Linux does nothing. Mass market sees those ads and goes "oh, it's a business thing."
I don't think it's ready. I've installed Linux twice now with the intent of doing something with it. But I get too annoyed, go back to Windows and ignore Linux for another year or two. The last time I tried it was about 3 years ago. I havn't missed it.
If you jump the gun on it, people will try it but they'll get a sour taste in their mouth and not bother when you try to convince them that this time it's "really" ready.
Ben
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I can tell SCO to fuck off, while still using SVR4 from Sun.
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
Oh, Microsoft, fucking Microsoft...
then why does Bill Gates have a pro-life bumper sticker?