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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 13 January 2007 - 06:22 PM

BadVista.org: Stopping Vista adoption by promoting free software

The BadVista campaign is an advocate for the freedom of computer users, opposing adoption of Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free (as in freedom) software alternatives.

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#2 Sphere

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Posted 13 January 2007 - 06:31 PM

Though the site is not really making sense and is totally illogically set up... it's a good idea :davex:

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Posted 13 January 2007 - 08:53 PM

Sphere, on Jan 13 2007, 10:31 AM, said:

Though the site is not really making sense and is totally illogically set up... :scara:

well, look who linked to it... :yahoo:

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Posted 13 January 2007 - 09:03 PM

Free DirectX! Free DirectX! :davex:

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Posted 13 January 2007 - 11:33 PM

I saw this a few weeks ago. Personally, I think promoting the good qualities of Linux and Free Software is more beneficial than spreading FUD about Vista. Not to mention that they're just preaching to the choir...

banj0, on Jan 13 2007, 03:03 PM, said:

Free DirectX! Free DirectX! :davex:

Do you know how much money Microsoft makes by keeping DirectX proprietary and Windows-only? Me neither, but it's in the billions. The best you'll ever get is a DirectX clone like the ReactOS and Wine developers are working on, and it'll always be about 3 versions behind Microsoft's.

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 12:06 AM

a guy can still hope though, can't he? :davex:

Maybe if we start mass-mailing game manu's with just the words: "OpenGL only."

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 01:19 AM

This cracks me up, probably more than half are "Closet Vista Users"

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 01:26 AM

Nvyseal, on Jan 13 2007, 05:19 PM, said:

This cracks me up, probably more than half are "Closet Vista Users"

Only because it was temporarily "free." :davex:

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#9 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 01:42 AM

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This cracks me up, probably more than half are "Closet Vista Users"

Maybe Dave..........but in that 'half' it don't include me! :yahoo:

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 03:18 AM

Nvyseal, on Jan 13 2007, 05:19 PM, said:

This cracks me up, probably more than half are "Closet Vista Users"

You talking about me again?
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Posted 14 January 2007 - 03:27 AM

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 06:30 AM

Nvyseal, on Jan 13 2007, 07:19 PM, said:

This cracks me up, probably more than half are "Closet Vista Users"

lol obviously ...no way they'd be able to run a great number of games..and besides they grew up using Windows...everyone loves it.

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 06:59 AM

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#14 Nvyseal

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Posted 14 January 2007 - 10:56 PM

What a bunch of whining baby pussy's they are. not one of them show that they are genuine.

How can you complain about a hacked copy not the real OS? :S

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Posted 15 January 2007 - 12:39 AM

Well, if this is the official Vista bashing thread, Maximum PC has an article in this months issue: 10 reasons You Don't Need Vista Today."

1. Requires a fairly powerful machine
2. Application incompatibilities
3. Vista is crazy expensive
4. No hardware audio
5. Doesn't work with a lot of bleeding edge hardware
6. Doesn't work well with some games
7. Consumer unfriendly DRM (cough)
8. Poor driver support
9. Annoying (UAC)
10. You can wait unless you already own a direct X 10 video card

Needless to say they went into much more detail. :davex:

I'm also attaching an interesting Newegg survey.