OT: Windows Vista

[David Skolnik]

Thoughtful articulate posts by all (or mostly 
all), yes, including Duaine.  No point in taking 
space copying any here.  I think Duaine's posts, 
while perhaps sometimes a bit highstrung, serve 
as a useful reminder. The discussion seems 
somehow related (though I don't know how) to one 
of my favorite cartoons (from an early Playboy, 
actually...before I was of age) which was of a 
patient on a psychiatrist's couch, talking, while 
some villainous individual was creeping through 
the door, holding a large knife,  the caption of 
which read, of course: "Just because you're 
paranoid, don't think they're not really out to get you".

I think Paul and Stéphane are correct in the 
points they make...that there are problems with 
any system, and that you can acknowledge the 
imperfections and still embrace technology (I 
think that's what they're saying). But Duaine 
keeps challenging us, suggesting that we have 
options, if we choose to see them.  I think many 
are like myself...overwhelmed by and resentful of 
the need to either geekify or hire one in order 
to run our lives.   Ultimately, it seems to have 
to do with how much control (or the illusion of such) you want to have.

Thanks to all for the periodic topical OT's.

David Skolnik
Hastings on Hudson, NY