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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:53:31 +0000, in <alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus>, Ben
Pope <ben_popeREMOVE_ME@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jay T. Blocksom wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > Above and beyond the usual MS "stuff" applicable to virtually all
> > versions of Windows, WinXP is a huge Pandora's Box of problems, many of
> > which have no known or practical solution, beyond simply "Just Say NO to
> > XP"... Far too much to go into here; but see:
> >
> > <http://www.hevanet.com/peace/microsoft.htm>
> > or <http://www.futurepower.net/microsoft.htm>
>
> Thats out of date
[snip]
Oh, really? Has MS ceased shipping WinXP?
> and scaremongering.
>
[snip]
Can you cite any *factual* basis for this assertion? If so, then why did you
not heed the author's advice, posted on the page in question:
--> Notify the author of corrections. If you find a mistake in this
--> article, please write the author at the address at the end so that it
--> can be corrected. On December 29, 2002, for example, someone mentioned
--> that there was a mistake in wording in a section of a former version
--> of this article. He also asked a question about something that was not
--> well documented. Corrections were made and 14 new paragraphs were
--> added the same day. Not all corrections and additions are made this
--> quickly. However, the article has been revised and extended more than
--> 50 times since it was first published.
OTOH, if you cannot cite any *factual* basis for your assertion, then...?
> > and (read all three):
> > <http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/14/11winman_1.html>
>
> Big deal.
[snip]
If you are at all concerned about privacy, then yes it most certainly is.
> > <http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/21/12winman_1.html>
>
> Speculation.
>
[snip]
How so? By my read, The author is reporting behavior that is either
well-documented in a variety of venues, or that he personally witnessed.
Exactly what is it that you are characterizing as "speculation"? Please
provide specific citations.
> > <http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/03/28/13winman_1.html>
>
> No, you DON'T have to use Windows Update, you can just download the
> patches from their website.
>
[snip]
Where exactly does the author state that "you ... have to use Windows Update"?
Your strawmen are showing.
> > and finally:
> > <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html>
>
> Yes, well, breaking copyright was never really legal in many countries.
> So it's hardly a suprise that there are ways to stop you doing it.
>
[snip]
And again you (deliberately?) obfuscate point and attempt to misdirect the
discussion. The issues raised in that article have little or nothing to do
with "breaking copyright". The fundamental issue is invasion of privacy and
loss of control over your own systems and data. To the extent that copyright
is involved, it primarily in the context of preserving the users' existing
"fair use" rights (which the TCPA/"Palladium"/NGSCB scam attempts to
steamroller out of existence).
Here's another reference you should read:
<http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/200104/200104.htm>
> > > I will
> > > probably eventually be forced to migrate but this has not yet
> > > happened.
> > [snip]
> >
> > There's absolutely no reason you should *ever* be "forced" into XP.
> > There are (and presumably will continue to be) many viable alternatives.
>
> XP SP2 is the most stable OS MS have ever produced. Excepting perhaps,
> Server 2003, but I haven't tried that. If you want to go MS, you may as
> well get XP - it's actually quite stable.
>
[snip]
Can you say "Damning with faint praise"?
WinXP indeed may be "stable" (FSVO that term). But that pales by comparison
to it's other _deliberately_designed_in_ problems.
Pop Quiz: What percentage of your income is derived, directly or indirectly,
from the sale of Microsoft products?
--
Jay T. Blocksom
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