__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 17 May 2007 16:38 \__
> <Quote>
> Just because Microsoft has screwed its users, its customers, its
> business partners, American security, and American innovation, that is
> no reason to dump on them....
>
> But your petty quibbles about malfunctioning operating systems,
> security holes you could drive a truck through, nondisclosed lawsuits
> (approximately $30,000 each) against their own customers and
> developers and certificate-holders (go ahead, sign that contract with
> them), breaches of ethics and privacy (spyware), stormtrooper fear
> tactics against anyone they think is disloyal or critical or *gasp*
> engaging in piracy (number 1 concern at Microsoft? yep, piracy - not
> security or quality of product), willingness to steal markets from
> longterm customers who have relied on Microsoft products to build a
> business only to have Microsoft smell the money and see them as prey,
> willingness to steal software (source code!) directly from open source
> and then turn around and claim the opposite, sucking so badly at
> innovation and performance [you get the picture]
>
> Like I said - you Microsoft-haters make me sick.
> Posted by: just sign me a Microsoft user at May 16, 2007 12:46 PM
> </Quote>
>
> Reply to Cringely article,
>
>
http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2007/05/microsofts_pate.html
It seems amazing sometimes that no matter of how vicious a person can be, any
criticism will be criticised. Microsoft bad reputation and image is very
well /earned/.
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