"Garry Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> I bash MS for its dishonesty and blatantly oppressive
> market practices. If it only produced a poor-quality
> product, there would be no big deal, people would just
> exercise their right to choose and be done with it.
{{snip}}
Bob George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Interesting spin that touched a long-lost memory. There are three
> faces of Microsoft:
>
> 1. The company.
> 2. The product & developers.
> 3. The user community.
>
> In terms of business practices and attempts to manipulate the "user > base"
>(certainly perceived as "the World" by MS), they're a nasty
> bunch. The company has some cool aspects, and if I were a
> 20-something aspiring programmer again, it might hold some appeal.
> But they also seem to have taken on a Dickens-esque demeanor as
> Scrooge without the personality over the last 10-12 years. My
> impression of the COMPANY is BAD.
>
{{snip}}
Below is an article which stands on its own for showing the attitude
of Microsoft the COMPANY. I put ALL their staff - including their legal
begals and many top bosses - into the classification of overbearing and
down right unprofessional business men and women.
The bright side of this one will be if they loose in court - AGAIN!
and again, and again, and again, for anti-competative business
practices...
John Oram
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MS trains legal guns at Lindows
By Drew Cullen
Posted: 21/12/2001 at 09:49 GMT
Microsoft has unleashed its lawyers against Lindows - because the name
of the titchy software firm is too similar to Windows.
Customers could "mistakenly conclude that the Lindows product was
exclusively or jointly developed by, licensed or certified by, or
otherwise sponsored or approved by Microsoft," the company says in
a suit alleging trademark infringement.
Lindows is the developer of LindowsOS, a Linux distro which also runs
Windows apps. The app is still at the vapourware stage (see this story:
Why Newsforge hasn't written about Lindows).
Microsoft wants to settle out of court i.e. for Lindows to change its
name. But unlike most small software start-ups, Lindows has a rich
backer.
Step forward MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, a man with a talent
for soundbites: "All I know is that I'm being sued for unfair business
practices by Microsoft. Hello pot? It's kettle on line two," he told
Reuters.
The chances of customer confusion over Lindows and Windows are "zero
per cent," he says. But it will be awfully expensive attempting to
prove this. �
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23484.html>
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