Dave McGuire wrote:
I'll happily sell him a copy of Linux for USD
$1MIL. Then it'll be
REALLY good, right?
Well, I can't see that being a problem, as long as you include the
source code 8^P
He's in the doghouse anyway... apparently the software for his Zune
deletes the file from the disc when you remove something from the "music
collection". Doesn't even ask if you want to delete them, and doesn't go
through the Recycle Bin either. Such an amazing decision could only come
from The Beast of Redmond.
The clincher is that he mounted the MUSIC share on the fileserver as a
drive on his PC... then set that as his Zune Collection folder. You can
guess what happened. "Oh, I don't like Status Quo, Queen or Goo Goo
Dolls.. *delete*. Tina Dico? *delete*"... I now have 14 albums that need
re-ripping or buying again as MP3s from Amazon (some of them were
originally bought from iTunes when it was the "only game in town".. and
then promptly had the DRM stripped with MyFairTunes).
You can insult me all you like, but deleting stuff from
//FILESHARE/MUSIC... that's taking a serious disregard for one's safety.
Especially when I warned him not to point the Zune software at the music
share..... At this point he'll be lucky if he gets his LAN connection
back. Or I might connect him back up through a 10Mbit hub with a machine
constantly blasting out garbage packets - that could be fun :-)
What a moron. No offense (to you) intended.
See above. 8^)
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Phil.
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