Just had visions of the scene from Life of Brian
Brian: "You're all individuals"
One Lone Voice: "I'm not"
Philip Arnold
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 13 August 2001 22:44
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Windows Windows Everywhere...
>
>
> "But the problem relating to the licensing system Microsoft
> established remains.
>
> Some years ago, the company stopped selling software outright and
> instead set up a subscription-based system. Users paid a
> fee, just like the cable bill and got to use a Microsoft
> operating system or Microsoft software, like the Office suite.
>
> As a result, when Microsoft decided to issue an upgrade, we all
> upgraded pretty much simultaneously because the company
> eventually would cut off access to the older software. It wasn't
> too long before everybody, everywhere, was running exactly
> the same thing.
>
> This had some great advantages. Computers got a lot simpler and
> more reliable because they didn't have to be quite as
> flexible. Things such as technical support and interoperability
> issues largely disappeared. All our appliances pretty much
> run on a stripped-down version of the Microsoft operating system,
> everything from the microwave oven to the thermostat.
>
> The problem is, because everything runs the same operating
> system--even my electric shaver--once somebody discovers a
> security flaw, it can bring down our computers. All the
> computers. All over the world.
>
> In some places, the power is on for only a couple of hours a day
> now. It's not safe to drive because the traffic lights can't
> be trusted. Torch-bearing mobs occasionally break into the homes
> of known technologists and . . . well, let's just say we're
> starting to run low on people who can fix things.
>
> We're on the brink of disaster, akin to the great corn blight of
> 2012. Then, all commercially planted corn had been made
> genetically identical, which produced spectacular yields. But
> when a new disease infected a crop in a small field in Iowa, it
> ripped through all the corn around the world because none of the
> plants had any resistance to the blight. God, what I
> wouldn't give to taste Frosted Flakes again."
>
> [excerpt from LA Times.com]
>
> Interesting notion isn't it? ;-)
>
> -Gel
>
>
>
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