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Codeweavers had done it again.
Before it was a plugin
program to let people run Windows only apps on Linux. And now it's a program
that runs Microsoft
Office on Linux. It's no longer a requirement to have a Windows operating
system to run Microsoft's killer app. A review of the new office product really
likes it
which isn't suprising. This is exactly the kind of thing that is needed, where
Microsoft applications become independent of the operating system. Once that is
accomplished, then people can use any operating system they want to fit the
needs and wants that they have. Just one more step down the road to Windows
freedom.
Rogert Ebert has a scathing analysis of the copy protection that is beginning to show up on
CD's. So far it's only been on a few, but more and more CD's are being
"protected" in the effort to prevent piracy. Instead all it does is make end
users mad that CD's won't play on their non Windows computers, cd/mp3 players,
game consoles, or anything else that isn't a plain jane audio only CD reader.
And of course the real pirates have no problem still getting the tracks in
digital format, so it's really not accomplishing much except to make listeners
disgruntled. It's not a good idea to treat your customers like theives.
A videogame store owner decided to share his experiances with having to deal
with stupid people everyday, by creating a website detailing all the dumb questions,
shoplifters, and brain dead liers that the poor guy has to deal with everyday.
He does seem overly cruel at times but there are some good stories none the
less.
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