XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   Glenn Hall pulled this Usenet face plant:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Or you could experience the version of obsolescence that Microsoft laid upon   
   its "Plays For Sure" partners when it stuck the Zune knife in their backs.   
      
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