Comments on: Read Tom’s “Vista’s DRM mistake, and the decline of Microsoft Windows” http://remarkk.com/2007/02/24/read-toms-vistas-drm-mistake-and-the-decline-of-microsoft-windows/ OPEN creative communities Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:40:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Philip http://remarkk.com/2007/02/24/read-toms-vistas-drm-mistake-and-the-decline-of-microsoft-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Philip Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:49:56 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2007/02/24/read-toms-vistas-drm-mistake-and-the-decline-of-microsoft-windows/#comment-5698 You are absolutely correct, users want to be empowered, not embittered. I am not young either but effectively "forced" to switch home/business to Linux and at a pretty big time cost, I have done it. Yes, there have been Linux problems to untangle but I needed to work on them ONCE and and ONCE only. I have now ended my seemingly endless cycle of Microsoft wrestles and am now in the process of moving most of my daughter's computing over to Linux too. We hope to get it all across but if not, we can keep an old heap with Windows 98 where there are maybe fewer worries - until we can finally jump free. Like me she is fed up and will sigh a huge sigh of relief to see the end of her utter powerlessness too. I also have helped several friends change over and in every case they are working happily with a new freedom. You are absolutely correct, users want to be empowered, not embittered. I am not young either but effectively “forced” to switch home/business to Linux and at a pretty big time cost, I have done it. Yes, there have been Linux problems to untangle but I needed to work on them ONCE and and ONCE only. I have now ended my seemingly endless cycle of Microsoft wrestles and am now in the process of moving most of my daughter’s computing over to Linux too. We hope to get it all across but if not, we can keep an old heap with Windows 98 where there are maybe fewer worries – until we can finally jump free. Like me she is fed up and will sigh a huge sigh of relief to see the end of her utter powerlessness too. I also have helped several friends change over and in every case they are working happily with a new freedom.

]]> By: Albert http://remarkk.com/2007/02/24/read-toms-vistas-drm-mistake-and-the-decline-of-microsoft-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 Albert Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:32:02 +0000 http://remarkk.com/2007/02/24/read-toms-vistas-drm-mistake-and-the-decline-of-microsoft-windows/#comment-5165 I am a old guy and Lord knows I hate change. But Microsoft is forcing me to learn Linux. Microsoft is proving that the propriety software model is anti-social. So I think you're spot on. Regards I am a old guy and Lord knows I hate change. But Microsoft is forcing me to learn Linux. Microsoft is proving that the propriety software model is anti-social. So I think you’re spot on.

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