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Re: The Internet (R)*
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Wed, 3 Jul 2002 03:59:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Ross Crawford writes:
> > Some more about it:
> > http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2873149,00.html
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> Already I refuse to go beyond Win2K because of all the hardware upgrade v.
> authentication issues with stuff like WinXP. Plus, I played with it at the
> store, what's the big deal except for the transparent colored interface?
> Well, I guess I would like that high resolution text thing XP has, but
> that's about it. I'd rather they just gave us a single VERY stable OS before
> going off to do new things.
Well, we got XP on a box here at work recently, and I've gotta say, IT BOOTS
FAST! I can shutdown, restart & log on *5 times* while my NT4 box is booting
to the log on screen! But other than that, I can't see much to write home about.
> Eventually, I am going to go as Linux as I can. Maybe also maintaining a
> dual boot to some crappy Windows version or other.
My advice: don't even have dual boot. If you need Windoze, put it on a box
on its own in the corner (and only connect it to your *real* network if you
*really* need to).
> The real problem is that the average users will accept whatever comes with
> their hardware package -- even if that's some scary, rights violative OS.
> They won't care.
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> I'm not clear how Paladium could track my activities, but I don't want an OS
> that won't let me do pretty much whatever I want to do, whenever I want to
> do it. How does it favor me, the consumer, if my actions are dictated by
> what my machine will allow me to do? Why should I be paying for this kinda
> crap? If they want to surveillance me, I might actually be amenable to it
> -- but I want to get paid for that exposure.
It'll be interesting to see exactly what it's gonna entail. Security *is* a
big issue, but you've gotta look at what it costs (and I don't just mean $$$).
ROSCO
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| (...) authentication issues with stuff like WinXP. Plus, I played with it at the store, what's the big deal except for the transparent colored interface? Well, I guess I would like that high resolution text thing XP has, but that's about it. I'd (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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