Web mulls Google’s threat to Microsoft by By Jennifer Guevin, CNET News.com on September 27, 2005, 6:17 AM PT
Microsoft would *love* to host Web-based application services (i.e. Office). It would enable them even greater control over the end users and piracy, and (end) a lot of media creation and distribution costs.
–Garcia on Slashdot
From Highdef DVD format wars, free Exchange (and Doom on your iPod) written by Richi Jennings:
Bill Roehl worries about talk of a “self destruct” mechanism:
That’s stepping a little too far over the bounds of protecting your content. If you destroy my hardware you have invaded my private space which is unacceptable.
From Haxwell.org:
Is cheap Broadband UnAmerican? While the conglomerate corporations would like it to be that way, free shit is still very American. It’s freedom that we are losing and don’t give a shit about.
- William Roehl (Slashdot post) on the corporate control of broadband internet in America.
From Microsoft Doubles Earnings, Notches Up $10.82 In Quarterly Revenue at the XML Journal:
Garcia commented on the 28 Jan 2005:
Microsoft started out by squashing competition in every arena they could until they were above and beyond the most dominant force in the computer industry.
They received a slap on the wrist from the Government and continue to dominate…
The reason that people continue to go with upgrades and new versions of software like Office is because they don’t have a choice. If you want to interoperate in the business world today you do it via Microsoft products.
From marco’s site:
“I downloaded Gigli because the MPAA needed to suck wind on that one for daring to put in the theatres and wasting both MY money and the theatre’s money” -garcia,slashdot
From the Grugblog
No Paper Trails?
“WHY WERE THERE NO PAPER TRAILS? Why are we allowing voting to go on in a system that has NOT been proven safe? We aren’t allowed to view the code, we aren’t allowed to audit our vote except via what is shown to us on the screen, and we have to invest an enormous amount of trust in two large entities that have proven they are NOT worthy of our trust.”
Garcia on Slashdot
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