I always wondered how easy it was to get your blog on the front page of Digg, now its clear. Type up (badly) some anti-Microsoft stuff, throw in some Linux blow jobs and then submit. Easy publicity. Buried for multiple reasons.
I hope this guy does not own a car. I mean talk about paying and paying again. First you have lease payments, then gas, then insurance. Just pay pay pay.I don't know how he gets through life.
Gotta love Digg.. if you support something others hate you are a fanboy. If you love linux you are a linux fanboy if you oppose it.. you are a MS fanboy.I do have to disagree with the forced to upgrade to new versions of MS Office bit. I can open any version I want it does typically require a free plug-in download though.I will quit using MS for my primary business system when the software I desire is supported on other platforms....and no a kinda sorta equivalent is not enough. To me there is a huge difference between PS and Gimp just as there is between Quicken and Money. Quite frankly the OS is the cheapest software on my system and not the only buggy one. Heck my stupid media buttons on my keyboard have been broken for over a month because of Itunes.Bottom line I use what is most convenient, so for my business system that is Windows.
Sorry dude but most of what you just said is BS.#1 Check YOUR facts there is evidence of this all over the place. Just because it paints your fave company in a bad light doesn't mean it didn't happen.#2 People need virus and spyware software mostly because of microsofts mistakes in the past (monolithic design) carrying through to their current versions.#3 They do force you to upgrade by withdrawing support for older operating systems which suffer from the same monolithic design issues and are extremely vulnerable to attack. But I don't hold that against them they are afterall a business and you can't expect endless support. BUT Another point here and possibly the most valid is directx 10. There is no reason, other than trying to force people to upgrade, not to release dx10 on windows xp. In reality in this case it would be the game developers doing the forcing, but they thankfully have the good sense not to because, as everyone knows, at the moment vista is a steaming pile of performance hogging, s**t with plenty of bugs flying around it.#4 Microsoft want you to think backwards compatibility is good, it only really is between 'parent' and 'child' eg XP to vista or 98 to XP. Even then compatibility is not good because they are trying to shake off the past and head towards a limited privileges model rather than their starting point of full privileges. That means old apps need special dispensation to get access to things they shouldn't in a modern windows environment, hence the introduction of compatibility modes. Other OS's always had a multi-user limited privilege model meaning this isn't an issue for them.#5 Yes they do, but threatening people with patent infringement but not detailing the infringements to enable them to challenge it or if necessary rewrite the software is like robbing a bank with a banana in your pocket, pretending its a gun. It is designed to scare the non-MS community, basically it is corporate terrorism.#6 Vista is big yes but so comparatively is Mac OSX or any *NIX or BSD distro etc. Why should MS be let off that hook just because you like them. As an MS user I am extremely disappointed because Longhorn looked significantly better than vista turned out to be. The delays were just ridiculous and look at the pile of turd that crawled out of the end of the whole process. Would you really choose Vista over XP? If so I question your sanity. MS have been traditionally slow with bug fixes even choosing never to fix some fairly major issues. Is that not lazy?#7 Ok everything phones home, but you should be allowed to opt out of that let alone being asked if personal information is to be sent. I have no evidence to suggest MS break the rules here but they do have arrangements with e.g. firewall vendors to give MS processes a get out of jail free card. When XP was newborn I spent a long time trying to prevent an MS process from getting out onto the net but simply couldn't do it. I couldn't figure out why until I found this out. The firewall software I was using saw the rank on the program's shoulder and just saluted as it walked right on by. I would of course be just as annoyed if other OS's did this but they don't and MS seem to forget that it is my computer and they should defer to me and be glad I chose their OS, but that is not enough for them.#8 Ok one license per computer is reasonable but you missed the point. The license is prohibiting you from installing another OS on THIS pc not the other one. If you buy a pc with windows pre-installed, they do not want you to replace it or make it share. Is that not like saying it is really their computer and you just have use of it?#9 Their tactics in these markets are anti competitive and intended to produce long-term lock-ins. It doesn't matter how you cut it locking consumers in is bad, it kills innovation and allows sloppy programming. They know they produce inferior products so they need to protect their market share with anti-competitive tactics instead of raising their game. Very sad. Windows could be so much more if MS had better business ethics.#10 True, alternatives to not provide reason to boycott but they do make it viable to do so.I cannot see any reason to buy vista except DX10. XP is great now. It is stable, fast (compare to vista), runs everything I want and I can take measures to compensate for its vulnerabilities. MS used to do software well but now, not so much. If they conducted their business ethically and put more effort into their software products I wouldn't have a problem with them.The enchantment with MS and its monopoly seems losing its grip on the world and perhaps they should stick to what they are pretty good at. Peripherals.
thecosmicpopeSep 8, 2007
I always wondered how easy it was to get your blog on the front page of Digg, now its clear. Type up (badly) some anti-Microsoft stuff, throw in some Linux blow jobs and then submit. Easy publicity. Buried for multiple reasons.
vulnoxSep 8, 2007
I hope this guy does not own a car. I mean talk about paying and paying again. First you have lease payments, then gas, then insurance. Just pay pay pay.I don't know how he gets through life.
yokweSep 8, 2007
Gotta love Digg.. if you support something others hate you are a fanboy. If you love linux you are a linux fanboy if you oppose it.. you are a MS fanboy.I do have to disagree with the forced to upgrade to new versions of MS Office bit. I can open any version I want it does typically require a free plug-in download though.I will quit using MS for my primary business system when the software I desire is supported on other platforms....and no a kinda sorta equivalent is not enough. To me there is a huge difference between PS and Gimp just as there is between Quicken and Money. Quite frankly the OS is the cheapest software on my system and not the only buggy one. Heck my stupid media buttons on my keyboard have been broken for over a month because of Itunes.Bottom line I use what is most convenient, so for my business system that is Windows.
frazwSep 9, 2007
Sorry dude but most of what you just said is BS.#1 Check YOUR facts there is evidence of this all over the place. Just because it paints your fave company in a bad light doesn't mean it didn't happen.#2 People need virus and spyware software mostly because of microsofts mistakes in the past (monolithic design) carrying through to their current versions.#3 They do force you to upgrade by withdrawing support for older operating systems which suffer from the same monolithic design issues and are extremely vulnerable to attack. But I don't hold that against them they are afterall a business and you can't expect endless support. BUT Another point here and possibly the most valid is directx 10. There is no reason, other than trying to force people to upgrade, not to release dx10 on windows xp. In reality in this case it would be the game developers doing the forcing, but they thankfully have the good sense not to because, as everyone knows, at the moment vista is a steaming pile of performance hogging, s**t with plenty of bugs flying around it.#4 Microsoft want you to think backwards compatibility is good, it only really is between 'parent' and 'child' eg XP to vista or 98 to XP. Even then compatibility is not good because they are trying to shake off the past and head towards a limited privileges model rather than their starting point of full privileges. That means old apps need special dispensation to get access to things they shouldn't in a modern windows environment, hence the introduction of compatibility modes. Other OS's always had a multi-user limited privilege model meaning this isn't an issue for them.#5 Yes they do, but threatening people with patent infringement but not detailing the infringements to enable them to challenge it or if necessary rewrite the software is like robbing a bank with a banana in your pocket, pretending its a gun. It is designed to scare the non-MS community, basically it is corporate terrorism.#6 Vista is big yes but so comparatively is Mac OSX or any *NIX or BSD distro etc. Why should MS be let off that hook just because you like them. As an MS user I am extremely disappointed because Longhorn looked significantly better than vista turned out to be. The delays were just ridiculous and look at the pile of turd that crawled out of the end of the whole process. Would you really choose Vista over XP? If so I question your sanity. MS have been traditionally slow with bug fixes even choosing never to fix some fairly major issues. Is that not lazy?#7 Ok everything phones home, but you should be allowed to opt out of that let alone being asked if personal information is to be sent. I have no evidence to suggest MS break the rules here but they do have arrangements with e.g. firewall vendors to give MS processes a get out of jail free card. When XP was newborn I spent a long time trying to prevent an MS process from getting out onto the net but simply couldn't do it. I couldn't figure out why until I found this out. The firewall software I was using saw the rank on the program's shoulder and just saluted as it walked right on by. I would of course be just as annoyed if other OS's did this but they don't and MS seem to forget that it is my computer and they should defer to me and be glad I chose their OS, but that is not enough for them.#8 Ok one license per computer is reasonable but you missed the point. The license is prohibiting you from installing another OS on THIS pc not the other one. If you buy a pc with windows pre-installed, they do not want you to replace it or make it share. Is that not like saying it is really their computer and you just have use of it?#9 Their tactics in these markets are anti competitive and intended to produce long-term lock-ins. It doesn't matter how you cut it locking consumers in is bad, it kills innovation and allows sloppy programming. They know they produce inferior products so they need to protect their market share with anti-competitive tactics instead of raising their game. Very sad. Windows could be so much more if MS had better business ethics.#10 True, alternatives to not provide reason to boycott but they do make it viable to do so.I cannot see any reason to buy vista except DX10. XP is great now. It is stable, fast (compare to vista), runs everything I want and I can take measures to compensate for its vulnerabilities. MS used to do software well but now, not so much. If they conducted their business ethically and put more effort into their software products I wouldn't have a problem with them.The enchantment with MS and its monopoly seems losing its grip on the world and perhaps they should stick to what they are pretty good at. Peripherals.
spr0k3tSep 9, 2007
20 min for NVIDIA drivers? Seriously? That's 2 min tops. Oh wait, it's done. 1 min 22 secs.
spr0k3tSep 9, 2007
fanboys can still be fanboys and see the good in each OS.
kmfischerSep 13, 2007
Just get Microsoft to Sponsor stuff ... don't push them away ... The Tangible benefit ... a Xbox!<a class="user" href="http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/africa/SouthAfrica/Pretoria">http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/africa/SouthAfrica/Pretoria</a>