[ale] Microsoft tries to reverse Vista's Impact on the environment

[Jim Kinney]

Hmm. Kill-o-watt tester and default OS installs on the same hardware.
Testing with basic user stuff like browse to same web site, open
document (.doc for M$ and .odf for Linux), listen to music, rip a
music CD, watch a DVD movie, etc.

That _would_ make an interesting study! Do it again with server format
methodology.

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:
> I would love to see someone do a study on what the effect on the power
> grid would be if all MSFT machines were changed to Linux. Consider
> lower resource requirements and elimination of malware and botnets. I
> bet it would be the biggest household go-green payoff second only to
> the elimination of incandescent lighting.
>
> On 7/8/09, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The DRM stuff that dominates the Vista OS uses loads of cpu cycles to
>> encrypt and decrypt  stuff to keep people from being thievin' scum
>> bags and depriving the poor movie and music studios of their well
>> deserved monies. It has gone so far as to encrypt data en-route to the
>> HDMI-capable TV set so movies can't be copied using the "analog hole"
>> .
>>
>> Many ideas have been suggested for ways to help Microsoft fill their
>> analog hole....
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Courtney
>> Thomas<courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> Richard,
>>>
>>> Pardon my ignorance... but please elaborate on "they go so far as to burn
>>> gratuitous cycles to encrypt and decrypt data going in and out RAM".
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Courtney
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Richard Bronosky" <Richard at Bronosky.com>
>>> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:03 PM
>>> Subject: [ale] Microsoft tries to reverse Vista's Impact on the
>>> environment
>>>
>>>
>>>> First they push an OS that requires the most power hungry systems the
>>>> consumer market had ever seen. They go so far as to burn gratuitous
>>>> cycles to encrypt and decrypt data going in and out RAM because they
>>>> assume all their customers are criminals. Now they are going to make
>>>> it all better with http://www.microsoft-hohm.com/
>>>>
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