Re: Copy II Plus would be illegal today

[TheFlash@fast.net (Barry Allen)]

In article <3C2151CC.62351995@inetnebr.com>, Roy Miller
<millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:

> Barry Allen wrote:
> 
> > In article <u1u0538beo7k17@corp.supernews.com>, "Scrounge Weasel"
> > <piracy@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > People who accept using Windows under the aforementioned conditions do
> > > > it to themselves. By now they should *know* there are things like Linux,
> > > > and if they choose to use Windows instead, including the disadvantages
> > > > it incorporates, that's their problem.
> > >
> > > That, sir, is some serious flamebait.
> >
> > Yes it is. It's also the *TRUTH*, which is why it makes such serious
flamebait.
> >
> > Being FORCED to hold a gun to your head (having to use a PC with Windows
> > as, say part of your job description) is one thing.
> >
> > CHOOSING to hold a gun to your head (by using a PC with Windows of your own
> > knowing full well that it's just plain bad technology period, while
> > shrugging your shoulders and holding a blind eye to all the reasons that
> > make it so........
> >
> > Well........I have no pity for you.
> 
> However, you have left out one reason that some do "have" to run Windows.
> Sometimes, Windows is the only platform for some kinds of software. For
example, I
> use the Logos system, and even though the company does produce products
for the
> Mac, the crown jewels of the company only runs on Windows, and no one
else produces
> a package that does what Logos does on any other platform.


I agree, and in that case you have no choice. Windows it is, and hope for
the best. I accused Microsoft of creating bad products, not of bad
marketing.

What was Hitler's famous line: "The bigger the lie, the more people are
willing to believe it".

It's sad how many people *do* believe it. Gates and his PR wonks know it
only too well.

Barry Allen