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Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft?

Posted by Zonk on from the love-comes-in-many-forms dept.

vd writes "Given most comments on Slashdot, it would appear that anyone with even a slight knowledge of computers hates Microsoft. An article on CoolTechZone, though, argues that not everyone should dismiss Microsoft outright. According to Varun Dubey, Linux is over-rated, Macs aren't worthy and Windows deserves respect and some love. From the article: 'What has Microsoft given us? It has given us Windows, sure, it was buggy earlier and a lot of things didn't work like they were supposed to (plug and play springs to mind) but it was a pioneering effort. No one was even close to the ease of use that Windows offered. Sure, Mac OS was a lot prettier but then it cost the moon and the stars along with both your arms and legs.'"

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  1. Most people just hate Microsoft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...because they're jealous that they didn't start it.

    1. Re:Most people just hate Microsoft... by djrok212 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Just like your jealous of the rest of us here on /. for having a hole brain, you half brained nit wit.

  2. Re:There is a price for what you want by ElectricBrain · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh really? http://www.hummer.com/

  3. Re:Freak by AviLazar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't know if i agree totally. Maybe he was just trying to turn the table. After all, many people (especially here on /.) just outrightdismiss Windows because it is a product of MS.

    He is correct, MS and Windows did bring a LOT of positive things to the computing community.

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  4. Re:Terrible article by AviLazar · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Gee, I remember something called the Apple II doing this long before microsoft was the force it was. What a maroon.

    Except, as this guy said, Apple products cost a whole lot! Imagine the cost of Apple products if there weren't any Windows products. How does $4000 for a mac mini sound to you?

    The fact is, his article has a point - here on /. everyone bashes and looks at the bad of MS, and refuses to look at the good of MS - and they have made a lot of good. I am sure many of the /.'ers here use, and buy (or pirate) Windows and other MS products. I am sure many of the /.'ers here would regret not having windows.

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  5. Virus Argument by tonywestonuk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ok, I'll bite. He Says what amounts to "People don't write virus's for macs, because they only have 1% market share, and virus writers get more Kudos', for causing havoc with 95%'.

    So, correct me if I'm wrong, but when it comes to mac OS X, surely Anyone who writes a working virus/worm for this platform, is going to get far more kudos than writing yet another windows virus, simply because they would be the first to do so. Even if this was a proof of concept...Ok, I'll bite. He Says what amounts to "People don't write virus's for macs, because they only have 1% market share, and virus writers get more 'Kudos', for causing havoc with 95%'

    So, correct me if I'm wrong, but when it comes to mac OS X, surely Anyone who writes a working, self replicating virus/worm for this platform, is going to get far more fame than writing Yet Another Windows Virus (tm), simply because he would be the first to do so. Even if this was just a proof of concept and never maliciously released, The news of such malware would spread around the internet faster than the virus itself could ever - the Macs reputation as virus free, would no longer stand.

    Yet, no-one has yet come up with a way to do this, Until this ever happens, this repeated 'Macs don't have enough market share for viruses' argument is bogus.

  6. Re:There is a price for what you want by Veamon69 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I totaly agree with you, Right now at my Home I have Mac (10.4), Win (xp and 2000) and Linux running, I plan on having at least one more box up and running with Free BSD and maybe another linux box within a couple of months.
    Am I counting 5 computers? FIVE??!! I can understand 2, MAYBE 3...but good lord, there's no reason to have 5...time to invest in social interaction instead.

  7. are you just ignorant or just bad to the bone by planetfinder · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After reading many of these responses I would say that there is a strong consensus among this bunch of kind hearted technogeeks that its OK to love Microsoft if you don't know any better. If you do know the score and still insist that you love Microsoft then the consensus is that you are a liar in your heart and you are so desperate for the approval of others that you would condone the elimination of 5% of humanity if the other 95% insisted that it was OK. From all this I conclude that technogeeks are kind hearted but intolerant of real evil.

  8. waste of time by brokenarmsgordon · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I would absolutely agree with the notion that Microsoft is not evil (you know, being a company and not any kind of actual, living being) and that Windows is greatly responsible for much of the success of personal computing in the mainstream. However, that article is a joke. It's a collection of arbitary, sophist suppositions written at a 4th grade level.

    Why was this dreck posted again? Because most people just glance at headlines and fill in the blanks? Wish I'd done that.