Microsoft Chokehold on OEMs in South Africa

After takin' a swig o' grog, TBone belched out this bit o' wisdom:

No, it's because Windows is the low-hanging fruit, according to Bruce Schneier.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linonut

wrote on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:20:50 -0600 :

Ah.

Actually, I was referring to the sliding area of a scrollbar, which visually looks a bit like a trench. You're referring to something else entirely specific to the window manager/environment. I'll admit I'm not familiar with those beyond noting that mwm, the Motif windows manager, did have an option for putting icons in a mwm-managed window. The window manager I use now -- metacity -- emulates Win95 and every other Windows family by putting long buttons in an area of the panel with text, usually on the bottom.

I type fast. :-) Comes from 6th grade; never regretted it.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Linonut

wrote on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:36:15 -0600 :

Well, considering that Windows can be infected by someone viewing an email in the preview bar (did they fix that in Office 2007 yet?), it's certainly hanging *very* low... :-)

And then there's Internet Exploder...erm, Explorer, "where every web page can be an adventure"...

I know it's supposed to be caveat emptor and all that, but the current situation verges on the ridiculous.