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Microsoft's "Immortal Computing" Project
SeenOnSlash writes "Microsoft is working on a project they call 'immortal computing' which would let people store digital information in durable physical artifacts and other forms to be preserved and revealed to future generations, and maybe even to future civilizations. The artifacts would be designed to make the process of accessing the information clear with instructions in multiple languages or hieroglyphics. In one possible use, messages for descendants or interactive holograms might be stored on tombstones. The project was revealed when their patent application recently became public."
Seriously. Shut the hell up.
Please. Stop hating a company because they make ***gasp*** PROFIT and ***gasp*** try to make MORE profit. Last time I checked that was the purpose of buisness.
Whether you like them or not, they must be doing something right. ~90% of the computing world is a much bigger number than you realize. And don't give me that lock-in crap monopoly anti-trust crap, because there are obviously people that still function just fine without using anything Microsoft.
No one is FORCING you to use their products, just like no one is forcing the millions of people that DO use their products. They won. Get over it.
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