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2007 07 12

Microsoft and Apple Criticised for Waste

Politicians call for all interfaces to be the same

Everyone came in for criticism, with even the Vole being accused by Lib Democrat of adding to "the mountain of computers" with Windows Vista. "The effect on the waste stream is in no doubt," said Pugh. Pugh really overegged the cake with this statement: " I am broadly sympathetic with the thrust of the directive. I view old machinery fondly as children of the human spirit. I grieve over old TVs when I throw them out. I even repair old computers and printers, and am something of a specialist on Hewlett Packard. I am emotionally shocked by skips full of perfectly usable equipment and repelled by the apparent wastefulness. " Nigel Evans of the Wibble ValleyNigel Evans (conservative, Wibble Valley), said he was waiting with bated breath to get his hands on an Iphone, which he described as the "wonderful new Apple product". He said: "We all carry such items as fashion accessories."

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Also see: Ipods attract lightning
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Apparently the whole nano iPhone thing was a lie --- a bait that some analysts ended up biting. Related: Waste computer edict finally hits UK

The long-awaited Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive finally comes into force on Sunday, 1 July.

http://s5h.net/u?z54e12
WEEE directive threatens Microsoft OEM sales

There's a possibility Microsoft may well dump the OEM scheme and that could prompt small firms that don't want to be WEEEing to install Linux or even pirate OSes.

http://s5h.net/u?z4240