Besides, what did MS do as a corporation that is morally wrong?
I'm not saying this because I'm a Microsoft fan (gonna delete XP and
install Ubuntu once I'm done with school this year, woohoo!), but
'immoral' is not the right word to describe Microsoft. Monopolistic and
anti-competitive? Maybe. But I will term them 'immoral' only if I hear
about a special Microsoft unit where the employees work on creating
viruses to break down competing products. Microsoft does have a
confidential research unit, so I heard, but I don't think they do
anything like that :) Besides, Bill Gates is the greatest single
philanthropist in the world, so you gotta respect him for that.
The key reason I'm anti-Microsoft is that you gotta spend lotsa money on
a whole office suite, and pay for all their additional functionalities
which I'll probably never need to use in my life, just to open .doc
files, spreadsheets, and presentations. And this is the key reason I am
grateful for OpenOffice :)
Cheers,
Alvin
Chad Smith wrote:
On 4/7/07, Roger Markus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bloated features are one thing - long-term usability and file
compatibility
are another, not to mention that it's immoral to use products from an
immoral company like Microsoft. Are you an immoral man?
Your personal beliefs and moral judgments are not the best way to
convince
people to use your preferred software package. In fact, I believe,
(IMHO),
that it will turn far more people off to your message than you convert.
It's just software. It's not religion. Accusing people of sin is not
good
marketing.
I'd dare say that any software you use is written, distributed,
marketed, or
profitted off of by someone who you personally would have moral issues
with. I don't know all of Linus Torvalds' past or current behaviors or
beliefs. Nor do I need to know to fire up Ubuntu.
Do you disconnect every website that was written in Frontpage, or
tested in
IE on a Windows machine? Do you ever buy something from a website
hosted on
a Windows server? Ever played Xbox? Ever watched MSNBC? Are you an
immoral man? You are at least indirectly supporting the Great Sata... I
mean Microsoft.
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