AS I blogged previously, I’m all for open source, and long for the day when I can completely stop relying on Microsoft’s bloatware. Or maybe the day Microsoft finally comes out with products which aren’t bloatware — or hell freezes over, whichever comes first, heh.

The thing about Windows, however, is that the average consumer is already very comfortable with the interface. Contrary to what geeks may think, not everyone is a geek, heh, and yes, it may not sound logical, but having a pretty and user-friendly interface is a big deal for consumers.

Yeah, yeah, all you members of the Cult of Mac can stop shouting right now. We already know you have a pretty, user-friendly and powerful OS, heh

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HERE’S an excerpt from Yuga’s post:

Everyone should have known about this exploit by this time but if you are running WordPress 2.1.1 from a download just several days ago, your WP blogs might have been compromised.

Here’s an excerpt from the WordPress advisory:

Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.

Upgrade to 2.1.2 now and help spread the word.

WHILE I love my Xbox 360, I hate the bloatware that Microsoft comes out with, which is why my browser of choice is Firefox rather than Internet Explorer, and I use Gmail rather than Outlook or Hotmail.

Now I’ve freed up more precious space on my hard disk by ditching Microsoft Office and switching to OpenOffice.org. For word processing, however, I’m using an even leaner alternative to OpenOffice’s Write application. It’s called AbiWord and you can try downloading it to find out why it’s great.

For more open source stuff for Windows, go to Open Source Windows. Some of my fave apps are cited there, like the VLC media player, while others I’ll still have to test.

Hell, if only they were viable platforms for gaming, I might consider switching my OS to Linux or Mac, heh