Everybody seems to be acting like M$ NEEDS good publicity and HAS to behave like a good citizen and is in need of some sort of redemption. Well, they don't. When your software is used on 90-95% of the world's computers you don't have to have a heart or a conscience or a soul or a brain. You get to do whatever you want. Until somebody takes you down. Period. Their whole legal strategy shows this. Deny everything, admit nothing, brook no comprimise and wait until you can appeal the case to a new administration which will most likely let you weasel out of the whole thing. Then vengeance is yours. Is this a good or sane or proper or responsible attitude? NO! But Lawyers and law and the kind of money and power that is at stake here have never been about making sense or being a good citizen or being responsible. They've always been about Their Way and nothing else until you can put Their head on a platter. And that's all they have to(and probably will) do.
Try using the IR interface. I've been able to get 115200 Kbps using the SIR interface on my Toshiba Libretto and Linux IRDA. If you have a FIR chip on your desk/laptop you can get up to 4Mbps. That's MORE than enough to kick your cradle's ass speed-wise. Check out the Linux IRDA Project for details!
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Everybody seems to be acting like M$ NEEDS good publicity and HAS to behave like a good citizen and is in need of some sort of redemption. Well, they don't. When your software is used on 90-95% of the world's computers you don't have to have a heart or a conscience or a soul or a brain. You get to do whatever you want. Until somebody takes you down. Period. Their whole legal strategy shows this. Deny everything, admit nothing, brook no comprimise and wait until you can appeal the case to a new administration which will most likely let you weasel out of the whole thing. Then vengeance is yours. Is this a good or sane or proper or responsible attitude? NO! But Lawyers and law and the kind of money and power that is at stake here have never been about making sense or being a good citizen or being responsible. They've always been about Their Way and nothing else until you can put Their head on a platter. And that's all they have to(and probably will) do.
Comments and links:Kepp 'em Microsloth:Burn 'em!!!!
Try using the IR interface. I've been able to get 115200 Kbps using the SIR interface on my Toshiba Libretto and Linux IRDA. If you have a FIR chip on your desk/laptop you can get up to 4Mbps. That's MORE than enough to kick your cradle's ass speed-wise. Check out the Linux IRDA Project for details!