Linked by Preston Liam Whels on Wed 16th Apr 2003 18:07 UTC
Put yourself in his/her shoes. You're a budding young technical writer and the one word you hear popping up in almost every tech-related conversation is, you guessed it, Linux. Now look in the mirror and try to tell yourself you're more than a writer. After all, you write about technology because it not only interests you, but you're accurate and fair enough to tell it like it is. Maybe not.
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"Hate to say it, pnghd, but I think you're dead wrong. All the "evil" Microsoft does has to be separated from the good they have done. In my book, Microsoft is more responsible for making computers what they are than anyone else. "
Well, I never said they were _all_ evil.I don't deny they
there are good things they have done.
Hmm. I like the MS Natural Keyboard, Original version.
But whatever good they might have done neither excuses nor was needed for the bad .
You almost make it sound like we needed the bad stuff to get the good. OR that the good excuses the bad. Neither are true.
Apple was the one that made computing easy and
affordable,( at least compared to mainframes and mini-computers.) PC became even cheaper as much or more due to IBM pcs being cloned than any thing MS did.
I will say this though. If MS didn't do it , we wouldn't be where we are today.
We would probably be someplace much better.
PS. I do not post drunk and don't live in a basement.
I do sometimes forget to check my spelling.
cheers