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    Michael Morgan

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  1. Comment - Best Buy and Fry's drop 80GB PS3 from online stores

    (Jan 26, 2008 - 1:15 PM)

    Even the 80GB is "Crippled" compared to the 60GB Model. (Software PS2 Compatibility instead of hardware.)
    PS3 is a great alternative to watching Re-runs while the whole WGA strike is going on. Youtube videos play just fine through the browser.
    The ability to watch videos from PC harddrive on the PS3 is pretty cool too. (using a media server such as TVersity)
    Thank goodness the Writers guild in Japan isn't on strike. Free fan-subbed anime can be downloaded all day long.
    Benjamin had a good point about the possibility of a replacement for the 80GB model.

  2. Comment - Be Files Suit Against Microsoft for Destroying Business

    (Feb 21, 2002 - 1:16 PM)

    Microsoft preaches "Interoperability" Lets see them open up their source code so competitors can make software for one interoperable OS.. Open DirectX?.... Open Windows?.... LINUX flavors with a windows "compatibility mode?"
    Currently DirectX is not interoperable with other OSes.. maybe it should be... sure would be nice to be able to develop games, drivers, and hardware for one interoperable platform only... maybe MS should nix directX and support the already-open OpenGL (http://www.opengl.org/)standard... maybe they should join and help develop the OpenAL(open Audio- http://www.openal.org/) standard.. it would be nice to have an interoperable console... Cheaper games with reduced licensing requirements Interoperable components... interoperable Multiplayer Video games between consoles..

    BeOS, Inc. was hurt my MS's Monopolistic practices.. you cannot deny that MS has cornered or Monopolized the OS Market on desktop machines.... In some cases they make more money per sale of computer than a retailer or manufacturer does... I used to work at a retail chain where computer prices were so competitive that their markup was about $50... not to mention that giving Huge OEMs huge discounts really hurts the small businesses... say a local computer shop that sales prebuilt computers... they cannot compete with the prices of larger manufactures when they have to pay a different OEM price for the same software... as long as the huge OEMs have Huge Discounts on Windows, they have an advantage over the smaller Businesses.. and if they retain that advantage why would they ever consider going to an alternative OS like BeOS or LINUX?...

    I have a theory...MS is going to continue doing what it does... all the while LINUX gains popularity... other countries like China already plan massive LINUX support and usage.. it will gain in popularity in domestic schools it will gain popularity in quickly advancing third world countries that continue to develop despite what we view as a slumping world economy Linux is the interoperable OS of today and the interoperable OS of the future... one day we will see a headline in Betanews and slashdot that says "Dell..Gateway, Compaq, HP, or offers Alternative OS on a Mainstream PC" a computer for Joe Bob User who works for his money and wants to save a buck but still have the productivity of using powerful software...

    It will happen because of the Open LINUX community.. The individual contributors and the contributing companies... Sun... AOL... RealPlayer... NullSoft.. any company or individual that makes an alternative standard or piece of software code to the Monopoly's software... this includes hardware makers that Actively support LINUX(make drivers and/or utilities).....
    -MikeGroovy

  3. Comment - Again, AOL Says 'Goodbye' to Trillian Users

    (Feb 15, 2002 - 5:41 PM)

    >

    Hotmail does not require software, it is web based email, it uses standard HTML or XML code any browser that supports those standards will work.

    >

    Please read the following link for accurate information about the above statement:
    http://zdnet.com.com/210...527161.html?legacy=zdnn

    "An author of the FCC's IM conditions countered that the agency had to be concerned not with the present state of the IM market, but with the potential effects of the companies in combination."

    They didn't believe that it was Big Brother's(Gov't) authority to divy up the company's valuable asset... as it could have a negative affect on that company(Communist gov'ts would have no problem ripping away personal assets and freedoms) Money is what capitalist nations such as the United States of America need to be able to function properly. Whether its Money made by commercials(advertisements) or charged for premium(like those Cable channels that have no commercials)

    Free things do rock..They come in a few flavors.. Television stations for instance are Free to watch, but in order for them to stay broadcasting, they must make money.. they sell advertisements... What about PBS? They have to pay too... they ask for donations... but don't have Comercials... and Gov't Money... Our Tax Money is spent providing all sorts of "free" services(NPR, Food Stamps, Social Security, $100 Screws and the sort...)

    Even LINUX ... Bravely coded by Various Individuals, Organizations, Companies and other Caffiene-Modulated-lifeforms.
    but the indivduals that make up all of these entities must eat and have a place to live. They must have a source of income to do it! Which means the bottom line is that something somewhere cost Money!

    now really I'd love to live in a Star Trek World(especially if I got a Star Ship, and phasers and Quantum torpedoes and all) and perhaps it is noble endevour...

    Anyways I am through rambling for a while. I have to go home, I live way out in the country where the only broadband is Satellite and I have the affordable AOL Satellite :)
    it is a long drive, I wish you all a great weekend.
    Speaking for Free... I really like the idea of a Wireless WAN like the one in Seatle...
    http://seattlewireless.net/
    Those are some pretty cool fellows!

    -MikeGroovy

  4. Comment - Again, AOL Says 'Goodbye' to Trillian Users

    (Feb 15, 2002 - 5:35 PM)

  5. Comment - Again, AOL Says 'Goodbye' to Trillian Users

    (Feb 15, 2002 - 3:52 PM)

    MSN is a Monopoly and have tons of money... they don't need more money... they need/want more Market Share...
    I have no problem installing other applications such as Yahoo. However, I do disable their automatic startup..
    -MikeGroovy