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More Cringely & Microsoft conspiracy

2001-08-16 22:48:32+02 by Dan Lyke 5 comments

More Cringely conspiracy theories about Microsoft. Along with some ridiculousness of the patent system.

[ related topics: Intellectual Property Web development Microsoft moron ]

comments in ascending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:32:30+01 by: ebwolf

I think I'll start looking for work in other industries. This is getting ridiculous...

On the good side, I'm using Red Hat + Opera + OpenOffice. I know Red Hat has some of the same problems as Microsoft but I use alot of non-opensource tools and getting them working on other distributions is a pain.

Of course, I don't have plugins at all right now. I just don't do flash-enabled sites.

#Comment made: 2001-08-17 02:57:33+02 by: John Anderson [edit history]

> Of course, I don't have plugins at all right now. I just don't do 
> flash-enabled sites.

I'm trying really hard to see the problem here, and failing...

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:32:31+01 by: Pete

So haven't tried http://www.liquid.se/pong.html ?

#Comment made: 2001-08-17 03:50:14+02 by: John Anderson [edit history]

No, can't really be arsed. If I could, I'd be more likely to download a 2600 emualator, or something.

Oh, and since we're talking about Opera, this may be of interest: Opera for Linux with Plugins => http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/20010814.html

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:32:31+01 by: Pete

Pity... 3D first person pong. (FPP?)

Damn hard, too. The kind of thing that makes you yell "Son of a bitch!" and then crank it up again.

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