On Apr 29, 1:11 am, Robert Redelmeier wrote:
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Robert Myers wrote in part:



MSFT has been seduced down a dead-end. Sic transit gloria mundi.


From your mouth to God's ear. Vista did it, as far as I'm
concerned. I was willing to pay my Bill Gates tax, no matter how much
I resented it. No more.

**Sigh** I *will* learn more about codecs and, if necessary, pay for
legal copies for Linux before I will pay one penny for Vista.

Robert.