Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Aug 2005 22:00 UTC
Andy Martin of The Committee to Fight Microsoft on Tuesday announced his intentions to block Microsoft from releasing its Windows Vista operating system. Martin intends to ask Microsoft for an unconditional warranty that the operating system is free of bugs that could result in security vulnerabilities. He argues that no company in America gets away with selling a "defective" product the way Microsoft does.
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Member since:2005-07-11
If you consider how much damage a monopolist like Microsoft has done to the software industry, then Microsoft should be held totally, and utterly responsible.
okay... i hate microsoft. use gentoo and avoid windows when I can, but you're a retarded zealot.
they were a huge part of bringing computers to the masses whether you like it or not, and drove down hardware prices in an unprecedented manner.
Member since:2005-07-08
Quote: "they were a huge part of bringing computers to the masses whether you like it or not, and drove down hardware prices in an unprecedented manner."
That doesn't make it right for them to be a monopolist.
Quote: "but you're a retarded zealot."
Now now. Is that really the best that you can do?
Dave
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2005-07-08
Sure I am biased against Microsoft. Let's see why:
1. Poor products
2. Overpriced products
3. Poor security/reliability
4. Lack of serious effort by Microsoft to ensure that their systems are secure, and patched quickly
5. Monopolism
6. Anti competitive.
7. Dishonest, with a habit of screwing over technology partners and stealing their technology, and then using their much larger financial ability to squash legal claims.
I think that gives me good cause to be biased against Microsoft. If you want to believe in the US dream, and corporatism, and that you don't have any rights in this world and can be screwed over without a 2nd thought, then go ahead. I don't, and I won't.
We all know that the US DOJ did fuck all against Microsoft, and at the behest of Bush jr I might add, and that is not in the bests interests of the public. If you consider how much damage a monopolist like Microsoft has done to the software industry, then Microsoft should be held totally, and utterly responsible.
If you don't like me being biased against Microsoft, tough shit. I ain't changing for the likes of yourself, or Thom. Or anyone else. There's this little thing called freedom of speech. You do know what that is don't you?
That being said, you really didn't read my earlier posts did you? You read Thom's and that was about it. I said the software industry. Go back and read it again for your homework please.
Dave