__/ [ arachnid ] on Friday 01 September 2006 19:14 \__
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:00:10 -0400, JDS wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:31:36 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> | Steve Ball, group program manager for the Windows Audio Video
>>> | Excellence team told punters that Windows Vista should present a
>>> | "common, and beautiful, face to the world." In other words, Microsoft
>>> | has spent shedloads on its corporate image and you are darn well going
>>> | to appreciate it.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34094
>>
>> From the article:
>> "Ball said that there will be a pre-wired sound that plays when the system
>> is ready for you to logon which will be non-customisable, just like the
>> X-Box. He said that there was no big deal about it. Sony and Toshiba both
>> have compulsory sounds."
>>
>>
>> Well, what about Apple? Bwwwaaahhooonnnggggg...... They've had that for
>> years, as soon as turn the bloody thing on
>
> Just wait until Microsoft realizes they can add to their bottom line by
> replacing that music with paid commercials.
There are already adverts in the startup (login) screen. The whole PC becomes
a marketing digestion tool. The comparison is no longer costly versus free
and closed versus open. It's about /your/ PC or /their/ PC. Privacy versus
spyware. Ads versus "let me manage my own goddamn platform" [1].
Best wishes,
Roy
[1] Reminds me of a site I visited this morning. I thought Firefox would
ignore all the IE-targetted c**p -- that which led to a dark age of popups
and danagerous Web site. Alas, as I was opening a few dozen tabs, something
went amiss. A site took control of the browser and decided to have the whole
shebang extended to 'full screen' mode (dual). As the folks in the Web NG's
constantly say to idiotic, IE-centric developers, "don't bloddy try this.
It's My browser and my computer. Don't mess with the desktop environment".
This also applies to one's PC and Microsoft is yet to pay for this.
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