A men brothah!!! Mad Ad wrote:
>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outdated stuff, you have holes in operation appearing all the time thru stuff that 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worked perfectly well as a solution becoming outdated or not supported, with good ole 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
