I think this quote from The Tao of Programming sums up my feelings about Zune.
The Magician of the Ivory Tower brought his latest invention for the master programmer to examine. The magician wheeled a large black box into the master's office while the master waited in silence.
``This is an integrated, distributed, general-purpose workstation,'' began the magician, ``ergonomically designed with a proprietary operating system, sixth generation languages, and multiple state of the art user interfaces. It took my assistants several hundred man years to construct. Is it not amazing?''
The master raised his eyebrows slightly. ``It is indeed amazing,'' he said.
``Corporate Headquarters has commanded,'' continued the magician, ``that everyone use this workstation as a platform for new programs. Do you agree to this?''
``Certainly,'' replied the master, ``I will have it transported to the data center immediately!'' And the magician returned to his tower, well pleased.
Several days later, a novice wandered into the office of the master programmer and said, ``I cannot find the listing for my new program. Do you know where it might be?''
``Yes,'' replied the master, ``the listings are stacked on the platform in the data center.''
I'm happy China has it's priorities straight. When was the last time someone died from video gaming (I've only heard of one case)? Is this REALLY a priority? What a waste of time.
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PROPERTY IS THEFT! Thought I'd point out the anarchist ideals hidden within your comment (intentional or otherwise). :)
What an ignorant capitalist snot. All of his points are COMPLETELY untrue.
nooooooooooooooo!!! NOTE: It wouldn't let me use caps, or a bigger "noooooooo". Way to stifle my feelings filters!
This is a step in the right direction.
I'm happy China has it's priorities straight. When was the last time someone died from video gaming (I've only heard of one case)? Is this REALLY a priority? What a waste of time.