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US Antitrust Judge Examining Windows 7 Documents
Anonymous writes "After more than 11 years, the US antitrust case involving Microsoft is still alive, with a federal judge overseeing enforcement of provisions under which the software giant must operate. And now, Judge Kollar-Kotelly says she'll take a close look at new technical documents involving Windows 7. This case began during the Windows 95 era."
Why does every Microsoft Bashing Troll have a homepage that looks like it was designed in 1992?
Open Source is pretty good for that, too.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. - Einstein
We forestalled the compete domination of Microsoft in the computer industry. They behaved like better computer citizens than they otherwise would have. And they should have gone along with the breakup. It would have made for a much more nimble company, with independent units that made the OS, the applications and the hardware.
M$! From hells heart I stab at thee!
*wave finger*
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Why does every Microsoft Bashing Troll have a homepage that looks like it was designed in 1992?
because those websites were built with frontpage.
-I only code in BASIC.-
Amusingly people fall into categories. People of like characters are often quite similar in other things. One of the characteristics in the common Microsoft Bashing Troll that I have found, apart from the obvious ones (Likes Linux/Unix, writes perl/ruby, can understand and troubleshoot very complex SQL, has a dedicated webserver at home on the local network) is that they generally are not very arty. More about the Arty ones in a tic. Most of these un-arty folk like to have a webpage of some sort, but don't have the design talent to make it look sharp. Following that, they will go through a bunch of CSS styles or a prefab gallery and pick a (to them) sharp, clean looking theme. Due to being freebies, they don't look quite as crisp as we might want, and without the arty talent to pep it up, it ends up looking like you describe - as if it was designed in 1992.
Oh yes, the arty Microsoft Bashing Troll types. Hi Mac users!
Moved to http://soylentnews.org/. You are invited to join us too!
Amen. Face it - Microsoft's monopoly is crumbling in the face of Apple, netbooks, and cell phones, and to be perfectly honest, I'm not sure that the government stepping in and regulating computer code was gonna make it happen any faster.
Microsoft's monopoly is crumbling in the face of Apple
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *squelch*- thanks man, you made me laugh so hard I shit myself
Parent's excellent monologue, delivered in the style of renowned technology analyst (or analysts!) Twitter, shows solid construction and consistancy throughout. With clever use of symbology - especially with the dollar symbol - this well-reasoned posting is a pleasure to read.
Truly excellent application of delusion and paranoia. Four and a half stars.
3laws: No freebies, no backsies, GTFO.
Name an OS consumers use that is browserless. Fact is, an OS without a browser in this day and age is utterly useless. Less than useless. It's a paperweight.
In general, Microsoft has made great strides to make its OS more transparent and more 'fair' than ever. A lot of people (who are technically aware enough to agree) will probably attribute this to the court, but I think the reason is a lot simpler: good engineering is winning out over corporate greed. Case in point? UAC. A lot of people give Microsoft crap over UAC, but the truth is, if you're a standard user, your life has never been better, and it's getting better every time someone gripes about what a pain UAC is.
Can someone summarize exactly what we have achieved in this case?
The outcome was a complete success. Windows 95 no longer dominates the desktop.
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