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I just wish he had finished Harvard and had gotten a good education. Then
maybe his software would work better.... John. -- John T Lowry, PhD Flight Physics 5217 Old Spicewood Springs Rd, #312 Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 231-9391 "Cockpit Colin" wrote in message ... I've always suggested what I believe to be the perfect solution for people who don't like Bill, don't like Microsoft, or don't like their products .... ... Don't use them. In my eyes, Bill Gates is a modern day hero, not the bad guy. A CREATOR of values, not a destroyer as seem so many in this world (not aimed at original poster). |
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst programmers. Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get? |
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ET wrote: Of course we all know that if, say Netscape was used by 90%+ of all the users out there, all the security explotes/viruses etc would be written for those applications.... At one time, Netscape was. Didn't happen then..... George Patterson A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip. |
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On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:41:59 GMT, "John T Lowry"
wrote in Message-Id: et: I just wish he had finished Harvard and had gotten a good education. Then maybe his software would work better.... From what I've heard, all he did in university was fleece his friends by constantly insisting on playing Poker. For Mr. Gates, it appears that money is more important than education or moral integrity. |
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In article ne.com,
Andrew Gideon wrote: ET wrote: Of course we all know that if, say Netscape was used by 90%+ of all the users out there, all the security explotes/viruses etc would be written for those applications.... Presuming that Netscape (or whomever) didn't break some basic principles of software engineering (ie. shoving a widely diverse set of features into a single monolithic component), it's a good bet that there'd be fewer bugs and that those would be more quickly fixed. ~200 days for the fix for the ASN.1 issue? That may be a new record. didn't you hear? ms claims the bug isn't the problem, the patch is the problem. -- Bob Noel |
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message ... | In a previous article, Larry Dighera said: | Billy is redeeming himself in my eyes after foisting his insecure OS | (and Outlook) on us: | | He's only doing it to sell more copies of MS Flight Simulator. | It is interesting how, once you decide that someone is evil, that it is possible to attribute an evil motive to every single thing that person does. |
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Microsoft wouldn't be a problem if they weren't a combination of the most
evil, dishonest and illegal monopolists on the planet, AND the worst programmers. I think it's time for a reality check there buddy. |
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:
Quite...their "monopoly" should be one granted by the government, like the public utilities, not the market. How illegal can you get? The problem isn't the monopoly, but the abuse of the monopoly. But I know that this point isn't clearly made in the generic press (I doubt most reporters grasp the distinction). - Andrew |
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Andrew Gideon wrote:
Presuming that Netscape (or whomever) didn't bundle their product with the monopolistic OS in a way that eliminates competition, along with contracts that discouraged OEMs from using alternative OSes, then it wouldn't be likely that any single product would achieve 90% reach anyway. See, this kind of crap is what passes for "information". OK. So you have an opinion about MS. Wonderful. An opinion is like an asshole. We've all got 'em. But that doesn't make you special. MS "bundles their product with the monopolistic OS"? Bull****. If there's any obstacle out there preventing ANYONE from doing precisely what Bill Gates has accomplished, providing THE WORLD with a PC-based operating system THAT WORKS better than anything else out there (you wanna' challenge the consumer usage numbers?), state what that obstacle is NOW, before any more of your baseless charges that MS is monopolistic. It's not a "monopoly" - he built a better mousetrap- what's your problem with that? We can do that in this country - it's fair, and it's legal. Get over it. I prefer Netscape as a browser, and NOTHING in the Windows operating system does any "eliminating", or in any other way, precludes my use of a non-MS product. C'mon. Get a life. You gotta' problem with Microsoft? Fine. That's your privilege. But lose all the diatribe about how Gates and MS are getting in your way of doing what you want. It ain't happening. You're hallucinating. |
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CriticalMass wrote:
MS "bundles their product with the monopolistic OS"? Bull****. You write like this, and accuse others of misinformation or hallucination? Or do you claim to know better than US Federal and EU governments? If there's any obstacle out there preventing ANYONE from doing precisely what Bill Gates has accomplished, providing THE WORLD with a PC-based operating system THAT WORKS better than anything else out there (you wanna' challenge the consumer usage numbers?), state what that obstacle is NOW, before any more of your baseless charges that MS is monopolistic. It's not a "monopoly" - he built a better mousetrap- what's your problem with that? We can do that in this country - it's fair, and it's legal. Get over it. Oh, please. You don't know how IBM handed MSFT a monopoly? Where've you been? Anyway, even if you were correct in your assertion that MSFT achieved its monopoly through reasonable and legal means, that does nothing about the assertion that they've abused said monopoly. Or does this distinction still escape you? - Andrew |
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