From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Geo wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:44080fa2$1{at}w3....
>
>
>>Blimey...but it's about "features". Saying my OS is
faster, smaller etc
>>will always be met with "but does it...?"
>
>
> But does it what? Have an RSS feed, search the whole friggin internet when
> you are looking for adam.txt? Tell marketing people all over the world
> everything there is to know about your computer usage? Allow websites to
> tell where else you have been? Have a cute little puppy doogie? Keep you
> from making copies of music you have purchased? Wipe out all the music on
> your MP3 player when you connect it to a new computer?
>

Oh quite. The network is the computer...

> Ok, so I'd like to have the network utilization graph in the XP task manager
> on my W2K boxes. I'm not seeing anything that is going to motivate me to
> upgrade yet. Nothing, nada, zippo, and I'm seeing TONS of stuff that is
> going to keep me from upgrading (like the HD content protections).
>

Yup. Ditto wrt drm-encrusted stuff like hd-dvd & blueray.

Adam

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