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Lileks on Microsoft and Evil |
2004-07-07 |
You’ll never hear me say that Microsoft is evil. Have you studied evil? Philosophically, it’s remarkably coherent and efficient. Simple. Messy, yes, but there’s an underlying logic. Microsoft is evil? You wish. |
Posted by:Steve |
#4 Microsoft has a ton of cash, so it's an easy target. It's all about the money. |
Posted by: Rafael 2004-07-07 8:22:00 PM |
#3 This crap is getting totally out of hand. If people don't like Microsoft products, they don't have to buy them! The government needs to butt out. I read that in the federal (I think) suit, the judge actually asked the courtroom how many people had Microsoft products; most of the people raised their hands, so he said that looked like a monopoly to him. Uh, gee - how about the second choice: people buy it because they like the way it works, or because it's easy to interface with other business, etc. Wotta buncha useless, taxpayer-dollar-wasting, jealous-because-somebody-actually-invented-something-and-they-can't maroons. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-07-07 5:12:20 PM |
#2 think of the $10 as lube |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-07 1:29:18 PM |
#1 Also, 10$ rebate: think about it - what is this buying me, and what is it doing to Microsoft anyway? So as compensation, I obtain the opportunity to go down to the store, and give Microsoft $90 dollars instead of $100 dollars for another J. Random product - hell I was trying to move away from that platform! Now, give me a $10 dollar coupon to buy whatever computer-related product I please, from any vendor. Give me $10 towards the purchase of some Linux distro, or towards Mac OS Panther or something - ** that's compensation **. Giving me $10 dollars towards more MS software is just giving me a coupon to be screwed only a little less hard in my next purchase... Sheesh.. |
Posted by: MrO 2004-07-07 1:16:18 PM |