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   In article ,   
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
      
   > In message <6oadnQVhLvUIhI7QnZ2dnUVZ8nudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Phil Da   
   > Lick! wrote:   
   >   
   > > My current pet hate of microsoft's is their stupid move towards   
   > > insisting that all PCs are supplied with recovery disks/partitions   
   > > rather than install disks.   
   >   
   > Because people were selling off the install discs as though they were extra   
   > copies of Windows.   
   >   
   > > In 99.99999% of cases that recovery disk that came with the PC will also   
   > > include badly written, totally unneccessary shitty apps the OEM rams down   
   > > their customers' throats in exchange for a kickback from the apps   
   > > creators. I've even got two apps on the wife's HP W7 laptop that request   
   > > admin privs every time she logs on. Total ineptitude once again from the   
   > > Beast.   
   >   
   > That’s an inevitable result of the whole proprietary software model, it’s   
   > not specifically Microsoft’s fault.   
      
   Actually, it's a consequence of a platform having hardware vendors that   
   don't really understand or care about user experience, and that are   
   desperate for some extra cash because they're making low-margin,   
   undifferentiated commodity products.   
      
   The same nonsense is starting to happen with some Android phones. In   
   contrast, it doesn't happen with iOS or OS X, because Apple controls the   
   entire user experience and actually cares.   
      
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   "The game of professional investment is intolerably boring and over-exacting to   
   anyone who is entirely exempt from the gambling instinct; whilst he who has it   
   must pay to this propensity the appropriate toll." -- John Maynard Keynes   
      
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