Microsoft hardware, wasOT - Is this computer for real? (CORRECTION)

[Colin McGregor]

--- Gary Layng <glayng-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> And here I thought I was the only one with a
> Microsoft keyboard and mouse 
> attached to his Linux box.  ^_^

Your not the only one, I have a Microsoft Natural
Multimedia keyboard and a Microsoft wireless mouse
(either one of which can be had for under $10 if you
wait for the right sale to come up at the right
surplus shop).

So question is, how many other local Linux users are
running with a Linux box with a Microsoft keyboard
and/or mouse?

Back when questions were being raised about how to
punish Microsoft for taking illegal actions as a
monoloply(*) I was of the view that Microsoft should
have been forced to become a pure hardware company.
Regretably, one of the (many) mistakes made by the
current Bush administration was to hand Microsoft a
punishment so light that it doesn't even count as a
slap on the wrist.

Colin McGregor

(*) Keep in mind that it isn't illegal to have a
(near) monopoly, as for example Heinz has some 90% of
the ketchup market. What is illegal is how you obtain
that monopoly, and how you use that monopoly position.
For example, a supermarket does not have to sell Heinz
marinade sauce in order to be able to sell Heinz
ketchup. Likewise Heinz does not use their ketchup
profits to sell their baby food below cost (with a
view to getting a monopoly in that area too). 


> On August 24, 2005 07:09, Colin McGregor wrote:
> > --- Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > > Colin McGregor wrote:
> > > > I was trying to locate stills from the short
> lived
> > > > (so-so) TV show "Century City", as the
> computer
> > >
> > > shown
> > >
> > > > on the web site below look similar to (the
> same
> > > > as?!?!) to the computers on "Century City". I
> was
> > >
> > > not
> > >
> > > > able to turn up any pictures of the computers
> in
> > > > "Century City", so I am not sure if that is
> where
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > images below came from. Anyway "Century City"
> was
> > >
> > > set
> > >
> > > > in the year 2030, and the computers were NOT
> real
> > > > (very plausable that we would have computers
> > >
> > > looking
> > >
> > > > like before the year 2030, but not today).
> > > >
> > > > Colin McGregor
> > >
> > > Part of me hopes that a transparent LCD screen
> won't
> > > ever have the
> > > vibrance and saturation of colours that is the
> norm
> > > on mid range and up
> > > CRTs. The age old function vs. form dilemma I
> > > suppose.
> >
> > I have a 21" CRT monitor on my desk, and yes I
> love
> > the size, sharpness, etc. of the screen. On the
> other
> > hand I would also be VERY happy to have a LOT less
> of
> > my desktop chewed up with that hulking monster.
> So,
> > give me a cheap large transparent LCD screen that
> > matches the vibrance and saturation of a CRT and
> I'll
> > be very interested.
> >
> > As for the keyboard in the picture, it is a flat
> slab,
> > and yes there are flat slab keyboards sort of like
> > that today, in industrial settings (where they
> have to
> > worry about chemicals being spilled on the
> keyboard,
> > and want something that can be just wiped clean).
> But
> > normally people WANT the touch of a keyboard that
> > moves when they hit a key, and unless there is
> some
> > pressing reason to do otherwise (i.e. some
> industrial
> > settings) that is the way people go. In my case I
> hate
> > the look, but love the feel of the "natural"
> keyboards
> > and would want a comfortable keyboard in the
> future.
> > Pleasantly ironic, the keyboard and mouse on my
> main
> > home Linux box were built by Microsoft, a company
> that
> > does @#$% software, but comfortable (and ugly)
> > keyboards/mice.
> >
> > Colin McGregor
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