Connecting the home networking dots

Silo mentality: Networking is hard if you are using Windows. But then everything is harder than it needs to be, if you are using Windows.

It's no harder using MS-only stuff than using Apple-only stuff. In both cases you're stuck at the bottom of their silos, though, with no way to do anything else.

The only reason it's hard -- on either Macs or Microsoft systems -- is because both Apple an MS have spent major fortunes making it hard.

It's just a freaking data stream, people! It comes off the CD as bits and those bits could be piped anywhere over the network without having to have a $3000 "digital home entertainment server" in the path -- if the manufacturers weren't terrified of having Apple, Microsoft, and the RIAA all filing suits against them at the same time.; Posted by: Yagotta B. Kidding Posted on: 01/27/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Blah, blah, blah Patrick Jones | 01/27/05

Most people I know.... voska | 01/28/05

Easy for non-techs? Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05

Home networking olsubsailor | 01/27/05

Networking is hard??? alterego_z | 01/27/05

Silo mentality Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05

Re: Silo mentality alterego_z | 01/27/05

The Rise of the Machines Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05

Re: Rise of the Machines alterego_z | 01/27/05

You, you, you Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/05

Support freedom! Sunny Jalolly | 01/27/05

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