John, > If anyone on this list doesn't think Micro$oft will do everything they > can to discredit Linux and the Open-source movement; then you really do > not understand what Micro$oft was found guilty of last year and has been > confirmed by the court of appeals.
Heh! What a joke Microsoft has become. They are really their own worst enemy. Waging 'war' against the Open Source movement must be sort of difficult. Since there is no real organised corporate structure, or centralised strategy to Open Source, where does one focus an 'attack'? Also, I don't think Open Source could be characterised as 'fighting back', since they have no 'army', and there is nothing much for them to 'win', in terms of money. Speaking only for myself, I did not wind up gravitating towards Open Source and Linux because of anything Open Source did to attract me. Microsoft simply left an extremely nasty taste in my mouth, especially with XP's enforced registration, and Hard Drive monitor, and self-crippling software, and 'Smart Tags' and .NET, and blah-de-blah blah-blah, and de blah-de-blah-de-blah-blah...... It's my computer. I bought it, I paid for it, and any company that wants control over the contents of my hard drive, or whether or not I choose to register my software, or control what people see when they visit my website, can go screw themselves. Microsoft literally drove me out of the fold with a rude, arrogant, pointed, overpriced stick, and it is too late for them to woo me back. Even if they were giving away free copies of XP, with the controls it has on it now, I would not consider installing it. -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ to master others is nothing. to master yourself is something. To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
