The DRM timebomb

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by GT182

We were warned about this by George Orwell in his book "!984". It seems all those doing this to us also read that book too. Well, it was required reading in some schools. Ever sense then we've all been scrod.... the past tense of screwed. And it's only going to get worse.

The same can be said about Microsoft and it's updates. We have no way of knowing what their updates are for and do. And for some we have no way of not installing them.... that I know of. And if we uninstall them, what happens to our computer. It's the same too with their Operating Systems. They dictate how long we can use them even tho we "Paid" for them. When we can no longer use one, why then are we not reimbursed the money we had to spend to use it? My point is XP, the best OS they ever put out. So now we have nothing but problems with their newest crap that cost us even more.

There are other options besides apple and Microsoft operating systems. I and a number of other people here have been working with open source Operating Systems. Linux with the Wine add is one of them. The developers of these systems want the end user to be able to control when and how these system are updated. In addition, these open source operating systems can be tailored to suit specific needs.

Skybird and a number of others have been carrying the banner for these various operating systems and it may be worth your time to take a look at them. I have used them and have found them to be exceptional. Mine even looks like windows XP / 7.