Would you like some Open Sawce with your TOAST??
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| ABCC May 27, 2009 8:39 PM EDT |
Somewhere theres a PR department that can be proud of themselves for coming up with the idea of releasing iffy IT related government decisions as Slashdot troll tales: NASA releases "free software" with which you can TOAST your data into a M$ proprietary format... Discuss.. |
| jsusanka May 27, 2009 9:11 PM EDT |
So let's see here. I pay tax dollars for nasa programs and then I am gonna have to pay again to see the results of the nasa program. Am I the only one that sees a problem with this picture? Their images why can't we all have them at our disposal no matter what computer I use. What value can microsoft add to images that I already pay for through my tax dollars. I don't need microsoft to see the images that I already have paid for once and I haven't asked for their help. Can they just leave them alone and go rob some other joe. |
| hkwint May 28, 2009 7:05 PM EDT |
If you need to purchase additional software, you're helping the economy; provided Microsoft on its turn spends the dollars as well. |
| gus3 May 29, 2009 11:18 AM EDT |
Hans, there's a reason the Windows icon on Slashdot is a "broken window". http://www.econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basEss1.html |
| hkwint May 29, 2009 11:23 AM EDT |
Quoting:"What would become of the glaziers if no one ever broke a window?" They'd become glaciers where penguins could live? I like the story about 'broken' Windows. You see, when you have a Window(s), you crack it and have multiple without any additional cost, but it isn't any good to the whole economy. In fact, if I were a shoemaker I sure would be angry at Microsoft; I could have earned that 60billion if people didn't spend that on Windows. Something that crossed my mind earlier given the theory of "wealth generators" and money not being on par; and I have to mention that theory was generously handed to me by Bob Robertson. But I'm afraid I will not be able to do any deeper exploration on the destructing properties of broken Windows on wealth generators due to TOS and such; apart from saying that I agree Microsoft destructs wealth. Heck, what's new on LXer? |
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