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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> Part of the issue is their priorities. Could it be that the internet is   
    AT> still slow in India? So they need "graphics acceleration" because "web   
    AT> pages load too slowly?" I doubt it, but it does make me wonder if their   
    AT> developers live in their moms' basements, and mom can't afford   
    AT> broadband so their using dial-up. lol   
      
   There was a joke that software developers should be forced to have the same   
   kind of connections to the Internet that their customers do, just so they can   
   see how performanent their web pages are for the people who actually use them.   
      
   But the reality is economic:   
   1. Hardware companies want to sell more hardware and making you buy a new PC   
   every 3-5 years.   
   2. Software companies want to sell you more software.  So they either make   
   their software not run on newer PCs, or force an update that doesn't work on   
   your new PC, or push you to a subscription model.   
      
   In any case, it's to make some company more money by pushing you to buy   
   something you really don't need.   
      
   I bypassed much of that by moving to Linux a long time ago.   
      
    RL> So now I think that they are incompetent AND evil.   
      
    AT> This is a much more likely scenario.   
      
   Oh, I know it is now.   
      
      
   ... If (Wife = "yes") then (MONEY = "Gone") else Single   
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