OT: Is Bill Gates the Anti-Christ?

[Mathias_Ice]

Here's what seems a related topic Reuters Link. What I thought interesting was that towards the end of the article they recommend running a mix of systems at a company or agency. How are they going to be able to do that and still use this personal encryption thingy that you can only get from MS mentioned in the original article? Sounds like some kind of Catch-22. But then again this topic started off outside my area of expertise and kept going. Still, I am appreciating the insight and devirsity of responses.

[Instar]

I could see a mix of systems working out. Maybe Linux running all the server boxes and WinXP for desktops, and maybe another lite distro of Linux for "appliances" as I would call them (file server kinda things, like the guy who made a giant 1.2 TB firewire drive)

[deccan]

Good article on open-source, Microsoft and government use of software:

http://www.economist.com/displaystor...ory_id=2054746

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by deccan:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Loser:
Powertoys rule! Check them out.

I will second that.

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They do seem interesting, but they seem to be, well, toys, more for coolness and fun than anything else. I was thinking more along the lines of sites like this:

http://www.tweakxp.com/

and this:

http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp...es/index.shtml

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If you want tweaks, then you play with toys. If you want hard core mods, then learn to like the registry.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by deccan:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Loser:
Powertoys rule! Check them out.

I will second that.

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They do seem interesting, but they seem to be, well, toys, more for coolness and fun than anything else. I was thinking more along the lines of sites like this:

http://www.tweakxp.com/

and this:

http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/winxp...es/index.shtml

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Actually, the TweakUI part gives access to all the hidden settings that you can not access normally in Windows. It is much more than a toy.

[Baron Munchausen]

More evidence that Bill Gates is, in fact, the Anti-Christ....

http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~lambert/...ers/tanks.html

New 'think tanks' funded by Microsoft are sprouting up like mushrooms, and all spreading the same anti-Linux FUD borrowed from Gates/Ballmer speeches we heard a few years ago. No one seemed believe it then, so why would anyone believe it now? Guess Bill thinks it will sound better of lots of other people repeat it than if he repeats it himself. What worries me is that MS may start citing all of these 'independent' sources when lobbying Congress, and if Congress doesn't know it's astroturf we may be facing some nasty legislation.

[freduk]

Antichrist Schmantichrist, he's just an excellent businessman.

That's all there's to it.