I just commented on something I had noticed while posting. Ubuntu is not exactly lightweight is it either. I just see a general malaise involving code and data overload akin to the gas guzzlers of the 70s.
If microsoft evolve a decent product to the point of bloat lunacy its hardly just my beef. If you note I use wndows more than anything but for me it light, fast and virus free and usually XP or 2000. NT is a good operating system though much of that credit goes to DEC.
As for these companies policies, again others have much to say on the subject...I am only concerned with anything that interferes with peoples ability to have access to the internet and use of computer technology.
If smart phones are now dominating the publics connection to the net for example then perhaps the development and control of the PC environment may have played at least a small part in that move which to me loses much of the creative world that the PC can offer.
I do hate Tescos though.
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Anyway this has been a productive thread in my eyes and do not let my emotional upsurges and odd comments from distracting you or anyone else from the benefits that may ensue. I do not intend to start arguments or flame wars.
mike