Re: Longhorn Killer

[Alex Perez]

Rogelio,
> It can kill us all thats why. MS is going to take over the
> whole world! Take for example the internet. I have to use MS IE
> to access my bank account online because thats the only browser
> that will work. Imagine having to use MS in your tv, In your
This is typically due to ignorant systems administrators/web programmers. 
Most web banking sites which require this will work fine if you use a user 
agent that lies about its' identity. You can make Mozilla/Firefox and 
Opera do this easily.
> office, in the supermarket, in your car. How about online 
> movies that can only be viewed by Media Player? How about
There is nothing that we can do to stop this, other than complain and not 
patronize the folks who choose to deliver their content in DRM-protected 
WMA/WMV formats.
> public documents that can only be viewed using MS office. How 
This is a subject that is near and dear to *my* heart, since I work for a 
municipal government agency, but it's *COMPLETELY* off-topic for 
gnustep-discuss.
> about hardware that only has MS only drivers, What then? Im 
> scared of Longhorn.
So don't buy the hardware. Most modern hardware has good support under 
alternative OS's. I'm scared of Longhorn too, but this topic is far too 
tangential for gnustep-discuss, don't you think?

I sure do,
Alex Perez

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