Would you argue that the slaves were content with their form of goverment? Or do you only count the whites in the South?
You try to sound enlightened and tolerant but everything you said was bunk. The Chinese have no say in the government, and if they voice an opinion that can be construed as anti-state they go to prison. Everything the Chinese government does is to keep the population ignorant so that they are easier to control. Plus it isn't has if the Chinese people haven't rose up against their government, they have and they were quickly and mercilessly crushed for it even though it was a peaceful demonstation. Have you conveniently forgotten that when you tried to make your arguement?
Nice rewrite. Every politician at the time new it was about slavery. Lincoln was constantly saying to save the Union he would not try to free the slaves if the South wouldn't suceed. Lincoln even tried to keep the war from being about slavery and just about reunification since he didn't believe the North would fight to free the slaves but they would fight to save the Union. People are trying to rewrite history in an attempt to try and justify the South's action. To say they were fighting for State's rights is intellectual dishonesty since the state right they were trying to preserve was slavery.
You idea is a good idea, and if MS was smart they would do it. However, imo, they shouldn't have to. Out of the box and OS should be able to surf the internet, play music/videos, and be secure from hackers/viruses/spyware. Providing that functionalaity should be considered the reponsibility of the creator of the OS and not 3rd party vendors. If it isn't able to do that out of the box it isn't much use to me. IMO it should be considered the responsibility of the user of the OS to find software that better fits their needs or that is just better. The EU is to busy trying to protect software companies from the laziness or stupidity of Windows users. Even if people had the options you stated above 80 to 90% of Windows users would install everything on that list and never look for third party solutions anyways. Is that MS's fault or the consumers fault?
Do you really think anybody cares when you switched to Linux? Here's a tip, they don't. If that is the only point you came to make perhaps you should reconsider posting. Being a Linux troll doesn't make you special.
Guess I am an MS troll now. Oh well, couldn't care less.
I think maybe you should do a little research, FISA was set up expessly for that reason.
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power.
Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
THe rationale for this has always been tthat MS is leveraging their OS monoply in other areas, therefore they shouldn't be allowed to bundle. In my opinion that arguement is bs. Since when was getting more for you money a bad thing? Plus as you said everybody else is doing it to. If somebody isn't smart enough to upgrade to something better why should MS be held responsible for the collective stupidity of their customers?
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You try to sound enlightened and tolerant but everything you said was bunk. The Chinese have no say in the government, and if they voice an opinion that can be construed as anti-state they go to prison. Everything the Chinese government does is to keep the population ignorant so that they are easier to control. Plus it isn't has if the Chinese people haven't rose up against their government, they have and they were quickly and mercilessly crushed for it even though it was a peaceful demonstation. Have you conveniently forgotten that when you tried to make your arguement?
Nice rewrite. Every politician at the time new it was about slavery. Lincoln was constantly saying to save the Union he would not try to free the slaves if the South wouldn't suceed. Lincoln even tried to keep the war from being about slavery and just about reunification since he didn't believe the North would fight to free the slaves but they would fight to save the Union. People are trying to rewrite history in an attempt to try and justify the South's action. To say they were fighting for State's rights is intellectual dishonesty since the state right they were trying to preserve was slavery.
You idea is a good idea, and if MS was smart they would do it. However, imo, they shouldn't have to. Out of the box and OS should be able to surf the internet, play music/videos, and be secure from hackers/viruses/spyware. Providing that functionalaity should be considered the reponsibility of the creator of the OS and not 3rd party vendors. If it isn't able to do that out of the box it isn't much use to me. IMO it should be considered the responsibility of the user of the OS to find software that better fits their needs or that is just better. The EU is to busy trying to protect software companies from the laziness or stupidity of Windows users. Even if people had the options you stated above 80 to 90% of Windows users would install everything on that list and never look for third party solutions anyways. Is that MS's fault or the consumers fault?
Guess I am an MS troll now. Oh well, couldn't care less.
So if MS tried to stop a buyout it would be because of ego and spin? Maybe it is just me but such claims sound silly.
I think maybe you should do a little research, FISA was set up expessly for that reason. http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/ The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power. Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
That may be so, but Horde dominates most PvP.
THe rationale for this has always been tthat MS is leveraging their OS monoply in other areas, therefore they shouldn't be allowed to bundle. In my opinion that arguement is bs. Since when was getting more for you money a bad thing? Plus as you said everybody else is doing it to. If somebody isn't smart enough to upgrade to something better why should MS be held responsible for the collective stupidity of their customers?