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Vista Bug Costs Users In Swedish Town Their Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-net-for-you dept.

Lund, Sweden refuses to work around a Vista bug, so people who live there must choose between Vista and internet access. It's nice to see the right people being held accountable for a change.

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  1. Summarize this for you.... by Ex-MislTech · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Vista = Fistya

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    google "32 trillion offshore needs IRS attention"
  2. Re:How's this funny again? by AJWM · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    People that dumb shouldn't be allowed within 10 feet of a computer.

    Personally I've yet to meet anyone that stupid ("get completely thrown off if you set Firefox as their default browser") who wasn't too stupid to even find the power switch to turn the computer on in the first place. (After all, it's not like all computers have their power switches in the same place).

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    -- Alastair
  3. Re:Not their problem. by Joe+U · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Actually, why should the provider CHANGE their config which works perfectly fine with OSes that follow standards?

    How about, to allow their customers to use the service they pay for?

    If it's a small fix, you bend the fuck over backwards and make sure your customers get service. If it's not a small fix, you work with Microsoft to get it fixed, and you provide a workaround to get your customers service.

    Otherwise, your company deserves to go bankrupt and the idiot trying to make a point deserves to be standing on the unemployment line. You NEVER, EVER sacrifice your user base to make a point with to a third party.

  4. Re:The only thing that could make this better by Goaway · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It'll still reveal to the repositories what apps you have installed when it requests the actual updates.