____/ [H]omer on Thursday 31 January 2008 01:15 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that ds456 spake thusly:
>
>> Give them [Microsoft] a break.
>
> Certainly, as soon as they give us one (which will be the day polkadot
> pigs fly over the winter wonderland of Hell).
>
> This isn't some college football game where the stake is only personal
> pride. It's a war - declared by Microsoft - against anyone who opposes
> their quest for total domination in IT, and right now Free Software is
> the biggest threat to that dominance. Microsoft has responded to that
> threat in their typical manner ... by behaving like a bunch of thugs.
>
> Give them a break?
>
> The only "break" they deserve is the type issued as punishment by anti
> -trust committees.
This was discussed a lot recently because Bruce Byfield raised the subject on
many occasions. Microsoft cannot be ignored because it /actively/ sabotages
the workings of its competition (whom it considers "the enemy") and it breaks
the law in the process. Vigilance is the key here.
You know what? I'll do you a deal. If you catch me failing to spot a Microsoft
corruption in a period of 24 hours, then I'll leave the company alone and drop
off the relevant RSS feeds (which I already did some months ago, but the
corruption stories reach as far as Linux sites).
--
~~ Best of wishes
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