Originally posted by: Rainsford
Nothing particularly scary there, just the next step in turning a computer into a toy instead of a tool. Honestly, I don't see why you guys get your panties in a wad every time MS is mentioned. There is no conspiracy to take away your rights. MS is just trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator, which is people who have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the high tech world, and that is the vast majority of people. They are making computers much easier to use, which I applaud them for, but by doing so they are going to lessen our ability to "play" with our machines. That's my real problem with Longhorn and Palladium. It's easier and "safer" and all that, but it takes away our control, simply because most people don't know/care enough to learn how to use that control. So pretty soon we are going to be left with a world where most computers are simply bigger and more powerful Nintendoes and people will actually know less than they do now. I personally think that is far worse than them trying to stop you from pirating movies and songs and whatever you think it is they are doing. Computers should be made simpler, but not a the cost of making them stupider, which seems to be the only way MS knows how to do it.
