04.29.08
Posted in News Roundup at 1:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Google said,
April 29, 2008 at 8:44 am
Get a sneak peek at the new designs we’re testing for the Download Center home page and category pages. We’re using Microsoft Silverlight technology to spruce up the site and make it easier to discover and download Microsoft software. Please note that joining the beta requires the installation of Microsoft Silverlight.
Roy Schestowitz said,
April 29, 2008 at 8:59 am
Who are you, ‘Google’, and what have you done to the real Google?
Google said,
April 29, 2008 at 9:17 am
I was trying out something and bumped into M$ download center. M$ is pushing silverlight for all it can…
I hope you get who I am – A friend of freedom
Roy Schestowitz said,
April 29, 2008 at 9:29 am
I saw Microsoft’s download center while exploring Microsoft plan to control people’s medical (and thus very vital) data. It requires some Silverlight.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/c4c17e55c29ee5c4/48ef11b015ed3684?lnk=st
More background here (they try similar strategies in datacentres, possibly in order to pull an SGI-like bankruptcy protection through mortal dependency)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/e9f42ab4581cac86/bdca9afb065f7fa8?lnk=st
It’s some really sick stuff (pun unintended).