Comments on: Why Does Microsoft Treat Vendors and Customers Like ‘Thieves’? http://techrights.org/2009/08/13/marginalising-and-demeaning-win7/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 03 Jan 2017 02:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: twitter http://techrights.org/2009/08/13/marginalising-and-demeaning-win7/comment-page-1/#comment-72131 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:43:38 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16610#comment-72131 test

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limiting one’s experience artificially because everyone (including paying customers) is assumed to be a “criminal”.

It’s really more of a game to make people pay for things. M$ is paid to reduce quality. Customers are then forced to pay the service provider for what they should just already have. Broadcast is a terrifically inefficient means of delivering entertainment and is subject to games like this because it is centralized. A little known US law and MythTV circumvent Vista damage, but it can not undo the lack of choice and intentional signal degradation cable brings.

]]> By: twitter http://techrights.org/2009/08/13/marginalising-and-demeaning-win7/comment-page-1/#comment-72129 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:17:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16610#comment-72129 Computer shops, like the one I once worked for, already know the score. The owner had been sued by M$ and won. He had been tricked by his supplier with perfect “forgeries.” It took him years to prevail and it almost bankrupted him, but he still sells M$ junk. It’s all he knows and there used to be a good [parasitic] business in Winblows release sales and Wipe and Reload in between. These days, the business is all Wipe and Reload.

People who know GNU/Linux can do well by catering to specific services and customizations. These people are cropping up around the world and they offer a much nicer service. There’s probably a shop or two near you.

]]> By: David Gerard http://techrights.org/2009/08/13/marginalising-and-demeaning-win7/comment-page-1/#comment-72127 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:20:41 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=16610#comment-72127 We need a campaign for computer shops – pointing out the above examples and that Microsoft are not safe to deal with or deal in.

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