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1. Comment - Apple, Norway Headed for iTunes DRM Showdown

   (Jan 25, 2007 - 12:20 PM)

   Hm. So if Sony suddenly decided that it wanted to add something to its CDs that meant they'd only play on certain systems, including their entire range of hardware, you'd support them? ;)

2. Comment - Microsoft to Alter Vista for EU, Korea

   (Oct 17, 2006 - 11:17 AM)

   > Same s***, different poster.
   No idea what you're on about. I just see your posts on almost every single comment thread and they're remarkably uninformed for one who claims to have knowledge ;)
   
   > Why on earth would you code a setup routine not even 1/10th
   > of the userbase would consider using? THAT would be stupid.
   
   Because 1/10th of their userbase equates to about 20 million users. Which, at say $100 bucks a pop equates to a cool $2bn in revenue.
   
   > Every other OS is seen as more of a PITA to install than Windows
   > by the greater majority of users as well. Huh....
   
   Firstly, the great majority of PC users *won't* be installing Windows. Like ever. PC manufacturers aren't allowed to ship CD copies of XP with their preinstalled and licensed hardware. They are also only allowed to customise Windows in certain ways. They are NOT allowed to include firefox, disable IE or include a different media player. THAT'S MY POINT. Tsk.
   
   Secondly. OSX/Various linuxes all install in about half the time XP takes to install, have this option and work equally well across their respective hardware.
   
   > Considering my main point is that it is *not* me they are writing
   > the OS for, I'm thinking....not. But you just couldn't resist
   > the childish urge to throw in a lame insult, could ya?
   
   Nope. You seem to read things other people post, rearrange their words in your head to mean something different and then rant about that.

3. Comment - Microsoft to Alter Vista for EU, Korea

   (Oct 16, 2006 - 6:27 PM)

   So what's wrong with having an "advanced" button? I have no problem with Microsoft bundling software with its OS, same as I have no problem with Redhat/Debian/SuSE doing the same. I *do* have a problem with you not having a choice what gets installed. _Every other OS_ offers the chance to choose what you want installed when you install that OS. If that was a feature that people didn't want, then people wouldn't have written it, surely?
   
   This isn't about asking some guy on the street about anything. This is about freedom of choice. Sure, I can choose not to use any of the bundled s***e that comes with Vista, but it's all still there. And at a recommended 20 gig for a clean install, I think it might be a very good idea to be able to remove stuff, don't you?
   
   Or are you still on your "I'm a PC professional" power trip? :P

4. Comment - Microsoft to Alter Vista for EU, Korea

   (Oct 16, 2006 - 10:51 AM)

   The point is, for those of us who choose to use Media Player Classic, Firefox, Spybot, etcetera, we have to install the OS *and* all the bundled s*** that comes with it. And then we find that half of it can't be uninstalled and just sits there stealing disk space. All the EU was wanting was a way to uninstall software that comes by default.
   
   PC hardware manufacturers aren't allowed to ship linux on their PCs and enjoy the same level of discounts that they get from Microsoft for their windows PCs. If they ship linux, Microsoft simply stops offering them discounts on licenses for Windows. That's anticompetitive, no?
   
   I installed Vista RC2. 14 gig. 14 gig of what? Why can't I uninstall any of this extra bloat? (clean install of Vista, my windows folder is 6.7 gig) that's about 10 times the size of Fedora, for instance. Which installs twice as fast, sees more devices than Vista currently does and contains a full office suite (OO), a complete IDE (Eclipse) and about 5 different media players and web browsers, IM clients, everything.
   
   I want an OS that is just the operating system. It should manage my disks, manage my devices and provide access to my files and any software I choose to install. If it comes with software preinstalled then this should be optional and uninstallable. It should not be a condition of licensing to hardware manufacturers to include only the one web browser manufactured by themselves. And it should not be a condition of licensing to include only the one media player manufactured by themselves. And it should not be a condition of licensing for these items to not be able to be disabled by the hardware manufacturer.

5. Comment - 10 Windows, 2 Office Patches Issued

   (Aug 9, 2006 - 12:07 PM)

   It is, actually, as it's open source so is subject to greater peer review. You can *read* the code and therefore see where the vulnerabilities lie, then you can contact the person who maintains that code and talk directly to them about it.
   
   So things get fixed far quicker in the OS community.
   
   Microsoft on the other hand frequently sit on problems for months at a time, even when there are exploits in the wild