> Speculation: I expect the battles over cyberspace to shift to the OS, > with the leading private (non open source) OS makers "enlisted" in the > War Against Illegal Thoughts. The easiest initial front in this war, > one the OS companies like Apple and Microsoft have a corporate interest > in, is for the OS to more aggressively check for hacks or products not
All one has to do is to refuse to upgrade. Unless you get over the upgrade hype there is no cure - it's unlikely that home-manufactured computers for the masses will be a reality any time soon. The short life span of hw/sw platforms gives tremenduous power to mass manufacturers. It becomes like food industry. Only this one is not base on need for carbohydrates and proteins (and fat, of course), but on manufactured hype about value of "new" vs. "old". Most of the stuff (except games) works perfectly functionally today in hw/sw combinations from 1997. E-mail, http clients, ftp, usenet, graphic design/DTP, wordprocessors. This is not a long-term solution, but it's the best there is. What kind of effort is required to make computers (=hw+sw) have longevity of books, and therefore eliminate the power of "publishers" ? ===== end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this) spam follows: Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
