It wouldn't be so bad if they were making profits by selling high volumes of well designed software thru the customers choosing and paying for quality on an even playing field. That's competition. However they do not, they utilise their position as the dominant oligopoly player to muscle $�Y out of the words companies and homes selling, well, s**t (in some opinions) because the users have little, or no choice.
If M$ makes a product, or solution, then if its poor, or primitive, then if users have no other choice that rubbish becomes the only solution, however poor. Combine this with the constant driving of the O/S to replace all the (by M$ standards) outdated stuff, you have holes in operation appearing all the time thru stuff that worked perfectly well as a solution becoming outdated or not supported, with good ole M$ to the helm to plug the hole. Among the many areas they affect, the latest 2 stunts on my 'why I hate M$' list are the proposed licensing changes and the XP no ogl farce. Wtf are they? Enablers? no, providers? certainly not- they are controllers, with the primary aim of making money thru the market having limited options, and not succeeding by giving value for money or innovative design Rah! Ad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Hoeppner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:39 AM Subject: RE: [hlds] RE: [hlds][OT] MicroShaft > > I'm so tired of > > hearing people rip on > > Microsoft. > > I used to feel like you Tony. It's just that after supporting and > implementing Microsoft products over the years, and trying to fix the > "unfixable" due to crappy software engineering, I'm finally to the point > that I've had my fill. > > The problem Microsoft has always had is they must continually "change" so > many aspects of their products, as to say that is enough "enhancement" in > the new versions, to get people to pay $$ for upgrades. One result of this > is, an admin must completely relearn in many cases just how to get to a > configuration screen, or a system tool. To me, this is just stupid, and > only one example. > > StanTheMan > TheHardwareFreak > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
