They, and most other labels have done it before. Sony just got caught because their rootkit broke computers.
The autorun DRM schemes used by other companies work (if you don't hold down shift), and thus, are not complained about.
Everyone keeps going on about how Vista sucks. I think if they got off a piece-of-crap 256MB RAM/600MHz CPU system, move on to something half-way decent (my laptop has 2GB RAM, 256MB dedicated video RAM, Core 2 Duo 1.6GHz CPU), they would find that Vista is about as good as anything else to come out of Redmond, Washington. So just as good = Requires way more resources to perform the same functions?
Your mother didn't take it upon herself to install AV and switch to Firefox. She took the advice of an atypical computer user.
Not everyone has a techie relative. You do realize AOL is a multi-billion dollar company, right?
Dicking around with NDISwrapper takes far less time than installing windows, hunting down all the drivers, and updating the OS, then installing antivirus, a firewall and a decent web browser.
The problem is IE has the majority market share, and windows doesn't come with AV, so many people never install it.
You are not the average computer user.
The necessity of Ubuntu was to introduce computing to poor africans who didn't have a distro in their language and had never even used a computer.
Why do you think Rosetta was the first part of Launchpad to be open sourced?
Have you ever tried installing Windows on a PC with Linux already installed? It'll lock you out of Linux every single time.
And that's not an error, it's by design.
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They could run a non-stripped down full featured distro. Just keep compiz off.
Don't worry it'll soon be over. They're switching away from Windows.
They make ATMs on wheels, too. Ever been to a convenience store?
Would you like an economic stimulus check to vote for party x?
Join if you like. There is no citizenship requirements for lawsuits in the US.
I would imagine it's the new music that the artists would be distributing, since the RIAA owns the copyright to their old music.
They're charging for IE now?
They, and most other labels have done it before. Sony just got caught because their rootkit broke computers. The autorun DRM schemes used by other companies work (if you don't hold down shift), and thus, are not complained about.
How? Will the internet shut down, thus preventing artists from distributing their music?
"I bought the store about 12 years ago." That's like starting a buggy whip company AFTER Ford shipped the Model T. What were you thinking?
And I'm sure this service will be popular for the exact same reason those products are: abuse of Monopoly.
Wouldn't it be easier to just look at their gang tattoos? Even then, you can't prove guilt based on association, so it's kind of pointless.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9423084269.html
Without government intervention, or some decisions from Redmond that make Microsoft Bob look like a good idea, it's not gonna happen.
Your mother didn't take it upon herself to install AV and switch to Firefox. She took the advice of an atypical computer user. Not everyone has a techie relative. You do realize AOL is a multi-billion dollar company, right?
My point is that Linux is much better than Windows. It only locks you out if there is an error.
Maybe that's why it's not the product name, it's the codename.
Dicking around with NDISwrapper takes far less time than installing windows, hunting down all the drivers, and updating the OS, then installing antivirus, a firewall and a decent web browser.
The problem is IE has the majority market share, and windows doesn't come with AV, so many people never install it. You are not the average computer user.
Hardy Heron is less sexual than Longhorn?
There's a porn browser in the repo: pornview
Then install it on Ubuntu. If it won't run, complain to the vendor.
The necessity of Ubuntu was to introduce computing to poor africans who didn't have a distro in their language and had never even used a computer. Why do you think Rosetta was the first part of Launchpad to be open sourced?
Have you ever tried installing Windows on a PC with Linux already installed? It'll lock you out of Linux every single time. And that's not an error, it's by design.