On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:39:20 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
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>____/ [H]omer on Sunday 22 July 2007 19:34 : \____
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>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> | Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for
>>> | Microsoft. "Ruthless" is good. The company is built in the image
>>> | of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who gets caught-up in the game of
>>> | business and doesn't typically see its personal cost. To use what
>>> | might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the various
>>> | partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
>>> | through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> | specification. There have been literally dozens of these
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> | operations that are intended solely to freeze the competition
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> | until Microsoft can figure what the heck it actually wants to
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> | do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them compete but to
>>> | ^^
>>> | customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
>>> | plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I
>>> | represent the concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^
>>> | doesn't really care about users.
>>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
>>
>> Just one of Microsoft's never-ending list of unscrupulous business
>> practises. Is anyone even surprised by this any more? More to the point,
>> is there anyone with the balls or the power to stop them?
>
>Remember the threats Neelie was getting when she criticised the behemoth? I can
>get you some brow-raising links to articles if you want. Microsoft is mafia
>culture.
There are probably a lot of broken knee caps we don't know about...
check this out:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/earlyshow/health/main589203.shtml
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