William Piker

Never mind what about all the alerts and warnings Vista continually spews out.
Like women ignoring a low oil pressure light most computer users are clueless and will ignore.
Some improvment in opeartins system security features.
Since the dawn of microsoft windows - windows 3.0 / 3.1 all most users used their powerfull computers for were for " solitaire"
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Imagine what a k of ram cost then.
It is amazing what these software / hardware developers did with what we now consider puny resources.
They went to the moon on 8 k
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Awesome.
A commodore amiga toaster yet out of a 128.
Give me my JiffyDos Commodore.

Dear Governor,

maybe they will need a computer admin in jail and this poor substitute teacher can receive 20 - 40 years of advanced training in computer system administration to be placed at work to be a contributing member of society after her rehabilitation.
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And have they learned anything in the marketing of Vista.
5 years of being locked up with Bil.
Rah Rah Rah.
Not what Vista will do or why an ordinary user should upgrade but rather which version of Vista is right for you.
Give me DOS or give me death.
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Pollyanah.
Give medicines.
For what.
To live in poverty longer with greater populations yet to feed and starve.
Technological tools used within a framework of their society ( not ours imposed on them) can help these societies develop out of their stagnation and doldrums.
Otherwise the best and brightest of these communities are "exported " to the primary industrialized world leading to more of the same.
Innovate rather than provide bandaid solutions to keep them in the past.

The insight of these founders of the computer industry is a far cry from the committee structures of Wikipedia and its cohorts.
True that Wikipeidia is a good 3rd party proof source.
However it is just reporting old news not responsible for innovation which is what the computer and computer gaming industries were built on.

It is always best to "keep it simple"

What was amazing and humourus was that the first casio calculators flashed away their work openly as they processed the numbers.
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How sad,
The Sony CRT was utilized in many high end large computer monitors for other manufacturers such as Dell , Digital Computer ( later Compaq div) among others.
The Sony Trinitron picture tube was among the best .
Among graphic designers there was even a distinctive line across the screen.
Less knowledgable computer users would sometimes return Sony monitors for the appearance of this monikor as in their view the Sony monitor was defective.