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Not to mention the fact that Microsoft Windows will be your OS when buying a new pc...

Hello Monopoly!

I agree. I do abide to microsofts laws.

I don't think I deliver them any money, but yes, I do contribute to their system.

However, do I have another option at the moment?
I my beliefs, macs are still for creation, and unix systems for programmers.
I have worked with both, actually I work a lot with macs at the moment. But there is too many windows software that I can not replace..


Yes, I am also afraid of using windows vista and 7. Ill stick to this PC as long as I can, and I wonder what happens next.

What is your solution?

I'm heartfully thinking back at the old windows 3.11 days... If that thing crashed you ended up in MS-Dos where you would play your games etc.

Windows was just a little fashion thing back then, did it work? Not really..

Short version:
windows, mac and linux are all fine, I just want/need some of the
software only windows has, for instance games.

Copyright Protection is good, pirating is bad. But the current im-
plementation of CP is bad too.

I wish large scale companies could look past what business generally
does and look for actual solutions.


Long version:
I'm using windows (7) because of the plethora of software readily
available, and because of games. I'm still experimenting with linux
(well currently not as my second PC is at my GFs because its faster
then hers) for general usage: surfing, IM, some artsy stuff.

Linux in itself is not more difficult then Windows. It's different
though, and thats what makes it appear difficult, having to learn
new things. I explained to my girlfriend how to use Ubuntu, instalL
software for it and do common actions such as connect to Inet and
move files etcetera. Took me about 10 minutes to get her up and
running.

That was not the problem. The problem was all the other software.
OpenOffice is great, but it also has an entire learning process.
3D max is nonexistant, and I find Blender to be a mess. Gimp is
nearly as good as Photoshop but it works differently. Other Adobe
software packages have all a similar layout and setup, while linux
has a lot of separate programs (aside from OOo and Koffice).

And then there are the games. I like games, and I cannot find enough
games on Linux for me to play, nothing modern at least.

I don't understand why a Mac would be better for creating stuff then
a PC. The only difference would be system stability because Apple
oversees (nearly) all equipment and software, but stability would be
important for all applications. That said Windows and Macintosh are
really close in terms of stability and performance, once their OS's
have been out for a while.. Vista sucked, now with the SP's its decent.
XP which so many adore was quite rubbish at release too. No idea if
the same goes for Mac because I've never used the latest released
version, but I've read some big issues on SnowLeopard like accounts
that get deleted, and fast hotfixes for that, so I'm assuming all/mosT
Mac operating systems have some initial quirks too.

I have no problem with windows, I have a problem with the DRM going too
far. I have a problem with, in this case, SecuROM nestling itself in my
Kernel, Unnoticed, Unwanted, Unremovable. I have a problem with SecuROM
disabling my DVD drive because it could possible maybe copy the disk.

I agree that copyrights should be protected. I'm an artist myself, I like
it that I have some rights to tell what can and can't be done with my works.
It's not good to steal, and I agree that pirating software is rather un-
ethical. No amount of saying "but I buy games anyway, now I just play more"
or "I consider it an extended demo, if it's good I'll buy it" will change
the fact that we are not paying for something we should have paid for.

That said, current DRM is doing stuff that's out of line as well. For instance
Vista checking copyrights of a video THREE times before it appears on screen,
for every frame, every beep of sound. That's a lot of wasted CPU cycles.
For instance FlatOut2's Starforce making the game run 15% slower, a considerable
amount. For instance SecuROM flagging pretty much all SATA-DVDdrives as "pirating
equipment" and disabling them. For instance Vista not letting DRM'd content from
a legitimate DVD play on a modern screen unless it supports X and Y technology.

Besides, it's not working. Hackers cracked AACS in about a week. The torrents of
new movies are now readily available on the internet. Anyone who is pirating has
easy access to movies, anyone who buys the legal DVD is risking it not playing.
It's come to the point where it is not only cheaper to pirate, but also easier,
and with less chance for screwups (if you sorta know what you're doing).

So they're in essence driving us to illegal content because it works better then
the original versions. That's not the way it's supposed to work in my opinion.
Security measures can and will be broken, you're only bothering the ones that
support you by purchasing your stuff.

This is not the way it should be. Look for a new, up-to-date market strategy.
Change the way your company works, maybe sell subscriptions to a movieservice
or music library instead of loose files. Be creative and find a real solution
for the problem.

It's funny how you say 4th OS, seeing as theres dozens of linuxes anyway, several unixes, and there's a whole bunch of proprietary and device OS's such as for the PS3, Xbox,NDS, cellphones have symbian as well as windows mobile, palmOS, etcetera.
oh also. msdos, amigaOS, lisa, xenix, sun.

I guess you could build PJOS on linux, though i doubt it'd revolutionize the world.

I'm somewhat interested in MS's Singularity, which is supposedly an all-new kernel built from the ground up since.. 2005. Should be a micro kernel instead of the hybrid kernel used from 1993 till win7(modified through the years of course but still a rather old base for a modern OS). Not sure if the fact that its a microkernel will change much, but it's good to see thay're working on a clean new system with another decade of extra experience.

Cool gif. I like it..



..Ain't watching the video.

it feels like a disease is trying to get into my head through my ears, that's what i think of that song

.. oh wait, you were talking about another firefly

I played Valkyrie profile 2 the other day on a borrowed PS2. i am amazed at Square's obsesive atention to details and tendence to turn every single escene into something thatc ould be painted on the pope's bedroom ceiling.

No, I think posting it here is enough. Also some information has been posted on the frontpage already too.