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How Microsoft Plans To Get Its Groove Back With Win7
shawnz tips a blog post up at thebetaguy that details Windows 7's huge departure from the past, and the bold strategy Microsoft will be employing to maintain backward compatibility. Hint: Apple did it seven years back. There are interesting anti-trust implications too. "Windows 7 takes a different approach to the componentization and backwards compatibility issues; in short, it doesn't think about them at all. Windows 7 will be a from-the-ground-up packaging of the Windows codebase; partially source, but not binary compatible with previous versions of Windows."
They'll probably just stick their dick in YOUR groove. It's what they do best.
It's amazing how they keep trotting out the integration lie about IE. The US Federal Government did not spank Microsoft because they made a better browser and tied it to their file manager, they spanked them for screwing Netscape in every orifice by creating problems for them. Anyone who does not understand that is either confused or lying.
No calls now, I'm
Y'know, you really do get on my nads, Twitter. Please, take your Microsoft ranting energy and put it towards something useful, like - I dunno - improving open source software. That's useful, in stark contrast to your sockpuppet Slashdot posts.
Everyone wants to do useful things with their time and that's why we hate M$. Slashdot is the least of efforts and it pales in comparison to the time wasted intentionally by non free software every day. If you and your M$ friends had any balls, you would not need NDAs or to waste people's time with harmful changes.
The next problem is that M$ would like to own everyone's effort by patent extortion, hardware and vendor manipulation and so on and so forth. The non free way is a threat to everyone, not just it's users, and it must die.
The thing really getting on your nads, M$AC, is that the non free software way is failing. Twitter has precious little to do with your own crappy business model.
How about you tell your bosses in Redmond to GPL their code and quit trying to fuck the free software community? That way, all of us could get more useful work done. Thanks and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
DMCA, Hollings, Palladium. What might have sounded like paranoia is now common sense.
Right. I really don't mind you posting whatever you want - free speech, and all - but the fact that you have to resort to sockpuppets to get anyone agreeing with you is just sad, frankly. Now what account are you going to use to reply back? gnutoo, inTheLoo, Mactrope, Twitter or Erris?
You sniveling little cheesedick mod. What is your fucking problem? Drop on down and give me 100. No goddammit, don't you dare take that ruck sack off. You're on report you cocksucker. I'm gonna be watching you real close. Now get the fuck outta of my sight.
There, I feel better now, thank you.
(Sorry, I taught at the US Army Special Forces School, 1st SFG ABN, Basic Enlisted Division, Field Course at Camp McCall, NC in the 60's.)