Originally Posted by
Icescape
Hi applejax, really old thread.
That being said, I have to agree that Microsoft and Sony are the scum of the universe (and I am sorry, but Apple brings burning hatred to my heart as well. Please don't kill me). I am boycotting all three corporations, under no circumstances will I buy any of their products. I have decided that gaming is a waste of time, so I don't do it anymore. But if I did, I would definitely go for a Wii too.
I find Microsoft's embrace of DRM extremely tasteless (and worrying), and WGA is indeed a major pain. Since my field of work is IT, I will probably run Vista on one of my computers to see what is new (I feel obligated to have some competence when it comes to Windows), it will not be a legal copy though (remember, I don't buy Microsoft products).
I am just thankful that I can crawl back the beautiful and safe sanctuary of my real computers (where I do all my serious work), that are running GNU/Linux and *BSD. If it weren't for these systems, I would probably look around for something else to do.
cool post. i am a freeBSD fan myself. I hear you on the vista, that you
have a need to know. actually xp is decent enough except for those
pushing the high definition barrior. boycotting and civil disobediance are
the only tools that have worked post world war II. it is amazing just
how much any corporation can gain by bribes-lobby.
we keep hearing about "free markets, and free market economies" that
has to be the most biggest lie on earth. our schools fail to teach the
reall truth. in our "leave no child behind" it should be taught that all
that we are about is a lie. nice to have a paycheck, but a lie anyway