25 Sep
2011
25 Sep
'11
6:11 p.m.
On 9/25/2011 5:55 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 25/09/11 8:29 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
I'd prefer to ignore them completely too, but we all pay a price for
their colossal crime spree in various ways (including this specific
one). When they're gone, we can get back to advancing computing
instead of see it used as a launchpad for extortion.
What, specifically, is holding back this "advancing" of computing?
Plenty of open hardware and open software out there, and people are
doing all sorts of creative things with it.
(I have a pile of PS/2 keyboards without Windows logos that I'd be happy
to donate to your cause, if it'll help...)
Josh
> AH,
but what happens when the computer company sells a computer
> with an OS
> other than Windoze? Does Microsoft still demand that the windoze
> license
> be paid on EVERYTHING that the company makes, including Linux
> machines?
On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Toby Thain wrote:
Yes. I guess you haven't been paying
attention...
You are correct.
--Toby