They may not be legitimate to you, but they are to me. They may be stupid reasons for you, but not for me. It is called "Being entitled to our own opinion"
Oh jesus christ...
I'm not saying you can't have an opinion! Get yer fycking head out of yer ass and read the god damn post! I never said I was against people giving their opinions! I never did! If you find a place where I said "I don't think people should post their opinions," I'll fcuk myself.
If you can read, you'll notice that (at least twice this thread) I've said I'm tired of people spouting-off about Microsoft but never having any reasons for it. Someone says "Microsoft" and you get thousands of "I hate Microsoft" responses...
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
I hate Microsoft
It's like a god-damn broken record!
I stated I hate it when people just bandwagon-bash. Not just Microsoft...
ANYTHING! I think it's pathetic. That's my
opinion. Live with it.
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It looks like to us (Me and other people on this forum), that you appear to be a successful business man, which probably explains why you are so defensive. You probably practice the same stuff that Bill does. Or maybe not. I could be wrong
Okay, I haven't given out information about my job, but that's my personal preference to privacy. I just want to say that I'm not actually trying to be "defensive" of Microsoft when I post in support of them. I've never said I totally agree with Microsoft or their ways. I do, however, find their products to be of great value, and I've dealt with many large and important corporations and businesses that feel the same way.
Like it or not, the fact is that the number of people who run into major problems with Microsoft software are a minority, and to that extent, mostly home, personal users. There are numerous reasons why the home-personal computing market is troublesome, and ANY software developer will agree that it is a difficult area to maintain.
Linux cannot legitimately claim that they do not experience trouble in this area, too. Nor can they say that Microsoft is having an easy time. Microsoft has bitten off quiet an enormous problem, and on the scale they're dealing with, it's just phenomenal that their products work at all. I don't just say this in guessing. I've worked with many Linux and Apple programmers and developers, and they all say the same thing. If you talk to Microsoft, they will openly admit that their main focus is NOT on personal home systems, as that market is very unpredictable and unstable. (This isn't a unique view, either.)
I guess you could say I'm "defensive" of Microsoft because I don't like it when people just outright blame Microsoft for no reason, or because they were too lazy/ignorant to find out what the real problem was in the first place. Microsoft isn't all bad. It's not all good, either, but it's not this puss-pit of pure evil.
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so we struggle to have nice things and he just makes it harder with his greediness
Since Bill Gates is mostly retired, doesn't recieve a paycheck, doesn't dev or program anymore, doesn't sit in on the board meetings or have any official position in the Microsoft production workflow, and is now little more than a figure-head and spokesperson, I'm sure you can rest easy at night knowing Bill Gates isn't going to do any more harm to you.
It just seems ridiculous to us, that this man is making all of this money on software that really isn't all of that good (MY OPINION). It has more holes than Swiss cheese and if we are not too careful it may be brings the end to humanity as we know it.
While I'll be the first to admit that Windows has security problems (as it is something I deal with regularly in my work) I do have a few things to say in their defense. Firstly, Microsoft has (in the past few months) made some very good efforts and initiatives to correct their bad security history. They've switched from a more-or-less passive stance on their security problems, to now focussing a lot more on them. Trouble is, Microsoft has a BIG security problem...and they admit it. That's a good step in the right direction, I'm sure anyone will agree.
It's clear to see that Microsoft (in recent months) has had a sort of corporate turn-around on many key issues, and progress is being made, slowly but surely. If you have a bigger net, you catch more fish...and Microsoft has a very, very big net. It's no wonder they have some of the problems they do. Not all their security problems are caused by their market share, but a good deal are. They are the primary target, after-all.
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the word is out that microsoft is trying to create holes in firefox. Because they are mad that million of people are switching to it.
The only thing I'm going to say here, is that you don't blame the criminal for continually getting away with a crime, and you don't compliment the bank that lets itself get robbed. There's villany on all sides of this problem, and there's plenty of blame to go around.
I don't know if that is true or not, but it sound believable knowing their history
Vance, I have
no doubt that Microsoft is involved in some way with FireFox. However, I also have
no doubt that what is being told in stories, and what is actually happening, is different. I'm not exhonorating Microsoft, here...they can be evil...but I'm not saying the story is 100% true either.
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Alright. I got work to do. Please chew on this
responsibly and intelligently for a bit,
before you respond. Thanks.
