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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:36:38 -0400, DownTime wrote:


Why must I add yet another stupid plug-in this time "Microsoft
Silverlight" to watch the video via Firefox? I tried IE, but its
temporary per session and need to tolerate commercials.

Screw em, I'll pass and will wait for the Youtube version.

Hey, you're missing out on the next Microsoft antitrust saga.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/...y/stream11.php

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/10/20/...t-silverlight/

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/m...ves/123837.asp



Thanks for the URLs...the first one explains Silverlight.

For desktops and laptops, Apple these days is fairly competitive with
Microsoft, and seems to be gaining market share. After some months of
using the MS VISTA OS and Apple's OS, I'm closer to becoming
"ambidextrous." I've noticed as many peculiarities with Apple's OS as
with Windoze. Some are "familiar" and some are way different.

One thing about the Apples I really like: the retail stores. I "save up"
my questions and when I visit one of the malls around here with Apple
stores, I just drop in, sign up for a tech chat, and get answers. I like
that much better than the MS support model, which, for mundane stuff,
directs you to someone in India whose English and whose understanding of
technical problems is minimal.

I also think the Apple "hardware" is more elegant than the hardware you
find on "manufactured" Windozes machines.

But I still use Windoze apps to earn my living and use my Apple laptop
mainly for a travel computer and for Aperture 2.1, Apple's version of
Photoshop, to lightly process photos I think need a bit of tweaking.
Aperture is one hell of an application.