__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 20 July 2006 15:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, B Gruff
> <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:27:19 +0100
> <4i97kmF2oia6U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Sorry guys - but all those nasty things that we said about MS can't be
>> true. It says so.
>> I appreciate that bits of this have already been posted to the group, but
>> myself, I can't trust second-hand reporting. Me, I "Always trust
>> Microsoft", and here's what my favourite company has to say, straight from
>> the horse's mouth:-
>>
>> http://www.
>> microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/WindowsPrinciples.mspx
>>
>> Read, learn, inwardly digest, and then apologise.
>>
>> (Better still, ask why they feel obliged to spell it out like this, and
>> then ask "why now?")
>
> Interesting.
>
> 1. Installation of any software.
> 2. Easy access.
> 3. Defaults.
> 4. Exclusive promotion of non-Microsoft programs.
> 5. Business terms.
> 6. APIs.
> 7. Internet services.
> 8. Open Internet Access.
> 9. No exclusivity.
> 10. Communications protocols.
> 11. Availability of Microsoft patents.
> 12. Standards.
>
> I'll admit I have no idea what to make of this initiative at this time.
The list above is actually an admission that all these key
points were used as tools of unfair play. It's easy to just
write down such 'grocery lists'. Obeying them is another
because the investor would not be happy. Microsoft: ranked
20th most trustworthy company among 22nd companies surveyed
in March this year. The public opinion figures speak for
themselves. That was /before/ WGA and some of the delays.
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