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Thats It - I'm Not Getting Longhorn - Ever

post #1 of 17
5/15/05 at 11:28am
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Read This

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

Thats some scary stuff.
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post #2 of 17
5/15/05 at 12:47pm
hmm, that article is almost 2 years old. i find it strange that if this thing is as bad as it sounds, i havent heard anything about it yet. i suppose some of it might be true, but i think software companies deleting files remotely off your computer or preventing file compatibility is somewhat far-fetched, at least as of yet.
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post #3 of 17
5/15/05 at 11:58pm
Yes, you will get Longhorn. For one thing you eventually won't have a choice, just like you can't run Windows 98 anymore since support for it has been totally cut off.

Besids, Microsoft has said over and over, it will be optional if you use this stuff, but some programs or applications may require it to run.
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post #4 of 17
5/16/05 at 12:03am
Lol a two year old article... how great...
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post #5 of 17
5/16/05 at 12:36am
it is old but it is so true

these news are all over the pc forums

Do a search for trusted computing.....
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post #6 of 17
5/16/05 at 12:01pm
This doesn't mean you can't run it anymore...yes I am speaking from unfortunate experience. Actually we just have it on a few old PC's for special needs students.


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Originally Posted by Guspaz
Yes, you will get Longhorn. For one thing you eventually won't have a choice, just like you can't run Windows 98 anymore since support for it has been totally cut off.

Besids, Microsoft has said over and over, it will be optional if you use this stuff, but some programs or applications may require it to run.
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post #7 of 17
5/16/05 at 10:16pm
Just to ask, how does anyone feel about about the whole .NET business ? There is something I truly don't like about Visual Studio making pseudo code that needs to be run thru the .NET interpreter.
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post #8 of 17
5/16/05 at 11:07pm
ahh..it ain't gonna be so bad.

but to save yourself the trouble you have 3 options:

1) go amish
2) buy a mac
3) convert to linux
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post #9 of 17
5/17/05 at 12:51am
Link to article doesn't work.
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post #10 of 17
5/17/05 at 1:02am
Go linux! ohh drat reminds me i have to finish my bloody linux book tonight.... Cheers mates!
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post #11 of 17
5/17/05 at 3:24am
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Originally Posted by abf
ahh..it ain't gonna be so bad.

but to save yourself the trouble you have 3 options:

1) go amish
2) buy a mac
3) convert to linux


1) Can't do that, I was born into technology.
2) PC for life.
3) Don't have the time to learn
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post #12 of 17
5/17/05 at 9:22am
Meh my oppinion on this is , if it does what that article says it will, you'll have a wave of cracks and hacks for longhorn, just you wait


You cant just impose restrictions like that on millions of users... I wouldnt be too worried if I were you
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post #13 of 17
5/17/05 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by anthean
Just to ask, how does anyone feel about about the whole .NET business ? There is something I truly don't like about Visual Studio making pseudo code that needs to be run thru the .NET interpreter.

ROFL! Pseudocode. Goober.


Visual Studio still can make normal win32 programs. If it bothers you that much, learn C++ and make MFC/ATL programs. Even Whidby still supports this.
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post #14 of 17
5/17/05 at 9:27pm
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Originally Posted by Hazridi
ROFL! Pseudocode. Goober.


Visual Studio still can make normal win32 programs. If it bothers you that much, learn C++ and make MFC/ATL programs. Even Whidby still supports this.
Sorry I made a mistake.
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post #15 of 17
5/17/05 at 11:38pm
unfortunately the linux option might not be available for too much longer. i read an article the other day that quoted bill gates saying microsoft was interested in buying RedHat...
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post #16 of 17
5/17/05 at 11:44pm
so? thats one distro and even then he is bound by the gnu which means its a waste of time for him.
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post #17 of 17
5/18/05 at 12:07am
I am guessing Microsoft would like to see how much further Linux programmers have progressed beyond the original rip offs of UNIX. I guess their PhD's are getting kind of old. Time to recruit the recently graduated.
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