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   From: glennhall59.removemeat@yahoo.com   
      
   On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:09:47 +0100, Hadron wrote:   
      
   > Gordon  writes:   
   >   
   >> On 16/11/2010 23:18, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> But sooner or later, the proprietary software vendor will screw you.   
   >>   
   >> Or go bust. Seen that happen before....   
   >   
   > We're all in your awe of your real life experience Gortard.   
   >   
   > Now regail us with a list of the HW you have that doesn't work because   
   > they went bust? upto date modern HW btw.   
      
   That's going to be a fairly small number of cases.   
   What's more common is hardware that became obsolete   
   because the manufacturer decided not to release Windows 7 64 bit   
   drivers.   
   Many multimedia devices have been screwed and glued by this.   
   Printers as well.   
      
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