[SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

[Mason Wheeler]

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From: Bob Pendleton <bob at pendleton.com>
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Sent: Friday, May 2, 2008 6:42:37 AM
Subject: Re: [SDL] Alt-F4 not working on Windows

>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.

I understand, and that's what I meant. In the practical sense, Microsoft's programs are "written by Microsoft," not by John Q. Microserf.

>SDL helps little guys build software that is not under the control of anyone but the little guys.
That's the thing. Software should be under the control of the user, not the programmer, whether or not the programmer belongs to an evil megacorporation.
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