[SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

[Bob Pendleton]

Ah... I understand that point of view very well. Let me just point out one
thing I think you got wrong. It isn't about transferring control from the
user to the programmer. It is all about transferring control from the user
to the corporation. Programmers at MS are not getting any more control
through their efforts for MS. The top two or three people who *run* MS are
getting the control. Same goes for all big corporations. The little guys are
just grunts, the top guys get all the power and all the money.

SDL helps little guys build software that is not under the control of anyone
but the little guys.

Bob Pendleton

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Mason Wheeler <masonwheeler at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> I'm sorry, but this is something I feel very strongly about.  We've got
> Microsoft and a handful of other corporations who have demonstrated, time
> and time again, that they do not have users' best interests at heart,
> working on putting TC into everyone's computers as a standard "feature,"
> which--long propaganda articles about "improved security"
> notwithstanding--is designed to transfer fine control of the computer from
> the owner to the programmer.  When you consider how much of our modern
> society is dependent on computer systems, that DOES come pretty darn close
> to being a human rights violation, and I get a bit touchy about anything
> that legitimizes the practice in any way.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bob Pendleton <bob at pendleton.com>
> To: A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce) <
> sdl at lists.libsdl.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 6:26:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows
>
> >Mason, take a deep breath and relax.
> >
> >You have now wrapped your self up in human rights, mom, the flag, and
> apple pie. That is, you are >working very hard to paint your self into a
> corner so tightly that you can not back down. Please, just
> >call us all Nazis so we can invoke Godwin's law, have a good laugh and get
> on with life...
>
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