Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Jul 2006 20:19 UTC, submitted by anonymous
After listing 5 things Linux could learn from Microsoft last week, Linux's very own version of Paul Thurrot now lists 5 things Microsoft can learn from Linux. "Yes, Microsoft may be at the top of the ladder now, but there are signs of decline everywhere. Companies can, and do, fall from the top rung all the time."
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Member since:2005-07-06
poor design (IE, Office integrated with kernel, the registry), and the list goes on.
And babe, at what point did Microsoft integrate IE and Office into the kernel.
Please, bash Microsoft, but lets keep to reality rather than dancing into the realms of zealotry and made believe.
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2005-07-12
Can anyone saying SJVN is a shill give specific examples, with links (most of his columns are archived)?
If so, can you point out why you think he's shilling/fudding?
Personally, I recognize that SJVN is very pro Linux and a unabashed critic of Microsoft.
But that does not make him a shill. Guess what - it's not a crime to criticize Microsoft.
Like I said before, MS brings it all on itself - breaking the law, constant FUD and lies about it's competition, constant insecure software (although they have improved), poor design (IE, Office integrated with kernel, the registry), and the list goes on.
And MS has done a lot of good things. It helped bring computing to the masses. And, even though Linux has gotten very very easy in a lot of areas, overall Windows is easier for common tasks and configurations. MS did a nice job with C#. SQL Server is good. VB is a geat RAD tool. MS's marketing is savvy. And BG is the biggest philathropist known to mankind.
But, BUT, MS keeps breaking the law, stealing peoples IP, putting out buggy, insecure, bloated software, delaying major releases, and spreading FUD.
And someone that has the honesty to point those things out is not a shill.