Then why?
Answer: They want lock-in. They dont want the image of their product as being that of a cheap giveaway. So they can charge a double or a triple for the same hardware AND get vendor lock-in with their crappy DRM product. Its the Starter jacket of the 21st century.
They have to resort to killing the DC heritage just for the short term pop as the result of publishing a bunch of #1s.
But hey, it a great investment. My Nomad #1 from 1990-whatever has held its value well over the years;)
What a great way for Micro$oft to strike a blow to Linux/FOSS than to have a bunch of applications abend with:
"Unhanded exception: 0x80000146 in mscorlib.ocx.so"
As a matter of fact... dont give them any ideas!
Slashdot Mirror
Thanks dude! I'm up for review... do you have some time to speak to my lead? I need my paycheck enbiggened.
Then why? Answer: They want lock-in. They dont want the image of their product as being that of a cheap giveaway. So they can charge a double or a triple for the same hardware AND get vendor lock-in with their crappy DRM product. Its the Starter jacket of the 21st century.
encheapin our over priced product. We must put a stop to it!
They have to resort to killing the DC heritage just for the short term pop as the result of publishing a bunch of #1s. But hey, it a great investment. My Nomad #1 from 1990-whatever has held its value well over the years ;)
touche
In Soviet Russia butcher count YOU!
its was falling... "with style".
in 3... 2... 1...
Yea... its round. Thanks for the grant.
Landmines are green. No inferior capitalist, bourgeois, GOLD landmines in worker paradise.
Firebug.
In a wreck and need a check? Lerner and Rowe is the way to go! Lerner and Rowe is the way to go!
Yea, soes we dont think its them that caused it... But we know.... we know...
What a great way for Micro$oft to strike a blow to Linux/FOSS than to have a bunch of applications abend with: "Unhanded exception: 0x80000146 in mscorlib.ocx.so" As a matter of fact... dont give them any ideas!