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[Alex Snow]

I believe that if microshit has the power to remotely shut your system
down then you should have the  ability to do the same to theirs.  but of
course they probably wont use a version of winblows that supports that.
ever hear the rumor that gates uses a mac? it's probably true.

--
A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!"
On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote:

> Well, then I guess Microsoft will become a terrible piece of computer
> history sooner than we think.  I would give Windows a couple more years
> after Longhorn, because people will try to use XP as long as they can, but
> eventually, they will be forced either by microsoft to switch to longhorn
> and all its spyware and other invasions of privacy, or by their sence of
> privacy and security to switch to a real OS like Linux or Freebsd, which
> would actually work better for anyone who tried such systems.  It's just
> that until now, no one has really been forced by Microsoft to seek out
> other alternatives, and people are afraid of switching to an OS that they
> don't know about.
>
> "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?"
> Microsoft spel chekar vor sail, worgs grate !!
> 	-- Felix von Leitner, leitner at inf.fu-berlin.de
>
> Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:
>
> > Actually, I think Windows Long Horn is going to be the os that kills
> > Microsoft. They are packing so much spy ware into it that if the average
> > user saw the invasion of privacy they would be shocked.
> > They also have a nice little feature in Long Horn where Microsoft if they
> > even think you remotely are illegally using their software they can remotely
> > shut your system down..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: mlb.com
> >
> >
> > > Don't worry.  One of these days they will be saying "Get Linux like
> > > everyone else has."   I and others at my school are thinking Microsoft
> > > will eventually get so arrogant that they and their worthless OS will
> > > become a thing of the past.  I am willing to go so far as to say Microsoft
> > > will fall within the next 10 to 20 years.  Let our voices be heard
> > > throughout the open source community and throughout the world.  DOWN WITH
> > > MICROSOFT!  DOWN WITH WINDOWS!  LONG LIVE LINUX!
> > >
> > > Lorenzo
> > >
> > > >Ever heard of .cshrc?
> > > That's a city in Bosnia.  Right?
> > > -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of commands
> > >
> > > Thomas D. Ward staggered into view and mumbled:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, and it is the answer I hate most. I hate the "Get windows like
> > > > everyone else has," because they continue to force a propriatary, over
> > > > priced, worthless excuse of an os on the world.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Paul Migliorelli (+1 3 0 3 5 4 3 2 3 1 1)
> > <paulmigs at migliorelli.org>
> > > > To: speakup <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 1:15 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: mlb.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Yep, looks like it's the same inaccessible audio, and I remember in
> > years
> > > > > past the only response from customer disservice over there was the
> > usual
> > > > > get windows like everybody else has.
> > > > >
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