Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:53:30 -0400, gregjohn wrote:
>
> > As a maxim, this is perfectly appropriate cynicism for something like
> > Facebook. It's probably even appropriate for things like Windows, where
> > you might pay cash and your frustrations with the product merely
> > demonstrate that you yourself are the product, not the customer.
> >
> > Even on the worst day, with your most cynical hat on, this doesn't apply
> > to povray,  which is very cool.
>
> That also doesn't particularly apply to open source software as well. :)
>
> Jim


I'm still trying to figure out what happened to VLC.  I have had very reasonable
versions running for ~years on a few boxes, including WinXP.  Recently tried to
get one for my wife's laptop, and they "Recommended" installation of Yahoo!
toolbar.

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