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My sister is microsoftified
luckyp3616:
hey, I am using M$ XP to test rumors, and that ONLY! I will not use it for General purpose! I will track true rumors here!
1 Found True:
Search assistant sends to microsoft: IP Address, MAC Address (possibly), and Search terms to: sa.microsoft.com. They store that info according to EULA, but they stre it when it is a final release (Norton caught a connection to microsoft!)
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---But Windows is the only Microsoft product I used at home but at work I have no choice.
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Exactly my point.
You have no choice, fullstop. You dualboot with Vector Linux, but you don't use it much because your electronics simulation software was designed for Windows. GNU/Linux will run any and all software designed to run on GNU/Linux. GNU/Linux could kick the living shit out of Windows (and arguably it does), and you'd still have no choice, because whoever the hell is making your electronics simulation software and dictates what operating system you use, won't build for GNU/Linux.
Email them and ask them to port their software to GNU/Linux... And hope for the best.
Exactly what software are we talking about here anyhow? Do you use any hardware for connecting this electronics stuff to the PC?
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Linux isn't enough to eliminate Microsoft because it will never gain a significant market share, the US government and EU will have to do something.
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I dunno about that now...
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Let's also put the anti-Micorsoft thing into perspective, there are worse companies out there, some kill people and use cheap labour, Microsoft may be bad though they're not that bad.
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And what are you gonna do about these other companies? Nothing, for sure, until at least you stop buying, using, and supporting their products.
You've said that you hate Microsoft, because they're against freedom of choice and that... And you're still buying, using, and (hence) supporting their products.
Lead Head:
Hmm.. LuckyP i think i can verify what you said, On XP as soon as i clicked on search the network activity icon lit up, than i typed "microsoft better not be trying to see what i am searching for" and as soon as i clicked search the icon lit up again!!1
WMD:
On my brother's XP machine, when you did Search, it would start up "PC-Cillin: Script Blocker" or something. I got this to stop by installing TweakUI and enabling classic search. Now it looks like the 2000 search and doesn't connect.
Lead Head:
My gaming machine is WinXP and today firefox "stopped" working and i had to spen atleast 12-30 min cleaning out every last bit of it and re-install it.
GO WITH LINUX, or dual boot, Or use a dual boot, i have my machine dual booted between windows and Linuxx which are on seperate harddrives
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