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Don't need Windows to download the video. Not sure about playback. It's 742MB ".asf" file. ffmpeg, ffplay, mplayer, ...? http://msrvideo.vo.msecnd.net/rmcvideos/249344/249344.asf

Good tip. Also, there are options that can be built from source (e.g., BSD) so that all that cruft is not installed by default. IME, 8 GB SD cards are not needed; 1 GB and smaller …

To summarize, there exists at least one person who wants to write their own tools, or at least use open source tools. For at least this one person, downloading closed source softwa…

I could be mistaken but I think, not too long ago, openssl.org used to redirect to openssl.net. And if I recall correctly, it was http://openssl.net not https:// . Is it possible t…

Maybe you have a very poor understanding of your systems, or you have given up trying to understand them. Or maybe you think that because any attempts at understanding systems are …

I do not use Linux on a day to day basis as I said multiple times in these threads, nor do I consider the popular Linux distributions as a good example of small(er) software. They …

Any program that is constantly being updated and/or re-released is, for me, the one I'm more wary about trusting. As an example, look at djb's software. After a period in the begin…

Ah. I always thought it was a reference to "ISP's" and the general public getting access to Usenet. Thanks for the clarification.

The way I remember "Eternal September" was giving UNIX shell accounts to incoming university students. The problem is when students graduate; no more shell account. Then what?

"The greater the code size the greater the probability of bugs." Right. I think we are done here. Microsoft Windows is larger than any OS I know of, and only keeps growing. To answ…

Yes.

Alright, I think we have reached agreement. Software that is "smaller" than Microsoft Windows. It exists. I prefer such "smaller" software and use it every day. For me, it is "prac…

"People are sick and tired of crappy software." Hallelujah.

"There are versions of Windows with no GUI." Do they run in VGA textmode? I have used a program called "window" and today I use tmux but neither of those come from Microsoft. How d…

What difference does it make what small software program I am using? You do not believe such a program exists? Or maybe you want to critique the program? That would be typical comm…

"How do you know this?" As a user, I don't. It's closed source. That's the point. What users have is only circumstantial evidence. And then there is the marketing and PR, such as t…

And why are you interested? A comment in response to a NYT "article" (=PR piece) on Microsoft's approach to "security" where the comment points out that Windows is an extremely lar…

I agree. Which is why I do not understand how anyone can claim Windows is not "closed source" in the sense of the opposite of "open source", as that term is commonly understood in …

Of course. Though I'm sure you are not the only Microsoft employee who has used OpenBSD. At one point, after the Danger acquisition, Microsoft HR was advertising a position for a N…

Are you saying you are unaware of any program that can post text to a web server that is "small"? If all you are aware of is large software, then your statement that "All software …

Again, you mention Linux. I do not use it. How is it relevant to my comment? And then there's this mythical "average user". But what does that have to do with me and my own solutio…