On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:47, Bohdan S wrote: > I dont like how all these Linux users bag Windows SOOOO much.....
Microsoft is convicted in US Federal Court of using unlawful pressure (economic extortion) to control the market. It's a crime, and they knew it was before they did it. If they were honest people I'd give them equal standing, but I don't like thieves: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm If Microsoft goes out of business, the smart people that work there would not evaporate - they would go and work for someone else and we'd have more diversity and opportunity in the market. > If it > wasent for windows how many of us would own a computer right now? Personal computers happened because the people wanted them. There is so much money in this market there is zero chance it wouldn't have been fulfilled. There are several lines of personal computer that were sold before Microsoft got anywhere near the business, and Microsoft didn't make the people who became it's employees smart - they just bribed them to work for Microsoft. Those smart people would have done it anyway - without the lies and crimes. Thievery is thievery, and this isn't opinion - it's a conviction in a lawful public court. > it wasent until windows as we know it (9x) came around that she relised the > potential of a computer! She didn't try a Mac. They did all that sort of thing long before Microsoft got around to it, before Windows 3.1. I know - I was in the business then - and I still am. TrueType fonts, for example, are an Apple invention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_fonts It's only because there is so much you don't know that you can think that we owe Microsoft credit for anything besides relying on unethical marketing instead of honest technical ability. The choice between the technologies is a personal one - just 'cause I like it doesn't mean it's better. Or worse. But in addition, Microsoft is a company of convicted cheats. Who I'm willing to get in bed with says a lot about me, and what my values are. If Microsoft wasn't in business (it was the Bush administration that chose not to impose the proper penalties - he never met a rich donor he didn't like), then the games would be written for another platform - Mac or Linux or Solaris or NeXT or BEOS (which had multimedia powers Windows can only pretend to have in the ads - nothing Microsoft can do comes close). No one would leave that sort of money lying around - they'd write the games. The idea that we owe Microsoft allegiance because they've cheated their way into the biggest position is itself the best indication of the worth of your suggestions. In my opinion. I won't help cheats get away with more of it. How much of a good neighbor am I if I pay criminals to hang around where I live and dig themselves deeper into my neighborhood? Who will they attack next? "It's not my responsibility - I just give them money." If it's ok for Microsoft to gain by lying (known fact) is it then also ok for you to gain by lying? What do you say to that proposition? This is really what it's about, you know. Microsoft sucks because they decided to, of their own free will. They could have played a hard but honest game, but they didn't. They knew the law, they have good lawyers, and they cheated, and brought a great deal of misery to the people who worked for the companies they put out of business by the cheating that they were convicted of. What about those people, whose own dreams were shattered so you could get your games on Windows? But you like your games, and anyone who gets them for you is ok with you, yes? Is that all there is to it? Why do you think the European Union is tearing Microsoft a new one even as we write these messages? If they were tough businessmen, I'd admire them - but that court conviction is real, and truthfully they owe all of their (ill-gained) "profits" to the people they cheated out of business. The employees are invited to get jobs with someone honest. Good luck, Bret
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