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Some bumps on the road to Vista
CNET News.com ^ | 02/07/2007 | Bry Ina Friend

Posted on 02/07/2007 9:03:47 AM PST by Swordmaker

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To: cowboyway
...Gates wants to control the entire software world, using Gatesware, surfing with Gates browsers, etc.

That, in itself, is not bad--it's pure capitalism. It's the method of implementation of that desire that gets people so upset.

81 posted on 02/08/2007 5:54:48 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: TheBattman

lol, maybe!


82 posted on 02/08/2007 7:04:05 AM PST by Catholic Canadian ( I love Stephen Harper!)
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To: ShadowAce
>It's the method of implementation of that desire that gets people so upset

Of course, it doesn't.
There are a handful of NUTS
who posture and pose

that Gates is evil
and the media giggles
and plays up the nuts

just like it plays up
the "George Bush is evil" nuts
(and the way it will

play up the people
saying Hillary's evil).
The majority--

VAST majority--
of computers users use
Microsoft gladly.

The Bill Gates haters
are a tiny, in-bred group
that happens to fit

the media's needs
of portraying EVERYTHING
as dialectic.

But Freepers shouldn't
get suckered in by that stuff.
That's for mainstream types.

83 posted on 02/08/2007 7:40:26 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss
I wasn't trying to frame the debate as "good vs. evil" but rather "ethical vs. unethical." People see Bill G as unethical. There are several examples of such behavior at MS. Whether he was personally involved, I do not know. However, if a company is unethical, then the responsibility lies at the top.

While I use Linux due to personal choice and preference (I have no personal animosity towards software), I can see why people get upset over MS' business practices.

84 posted on 02/08/2007 8:01:24 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: theFIRMbss

Very well said. Then they wonder why we look at them funny when they start foaming at the mouth about how evil Microsoft is, while giving the hackers actually responsible for viruses a free pass. As you said it's somewhat similar to how others want to call Bush evil but give the terrorists a pass. You'd think with their liberal mentality they'd understand who the actual victims are, but in their thinking the President and the richest man in the world couldn't possibly even qualify as a potential victim. Under any circumstance, probably, they're just big rich people that need to be torn down.


85 posted on 02/08/2007 11:26:55 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: Swordmaker

Don't sweat it. The guy made almost the EXACT same post to me a while back. It's probably nothing personal.


86 posted on 02/08/2007 6:24:15 PM PST by FLAMING DEATH (Open source is a good check on the artificial influence of monopolization.)
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