Exactly - a cynic "believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest" (courtesy Merriam-Webster). The Freedictionary definition even uses the word 'jaded'.:)
By all available evidence, such cynicism towards Microsoft's motives does appear wholly justified.
"basic features work in a cross-platform way, the more sophisticated features don't"
Microsoft has a strong motive to make sure the non-Windows experience sucks. Their business model implies that they must discourage anyone using Macs (or Linux).
Low standards of interoperability help them isolate and destroy marginal populations of other platforms in heterogeneous environments.
Refuse SharePoint, Windows, and all Microsoft products.
He's had more money than he knew what to do with since he was 25.
How do you explain away Gates' sociopathic obsession with accumulating wealth and totalitarian market share, then?
He has no qualms about breaking the law to shave market share from the competition while still being just a hair's breadth from 100% all the while. What would you call that? Greed doesn't seem to cover it.
(And yes, the Foundation is just a continuation of the same demented war on civilisation.)
As for Jobs... he could be a lot less mercenary. But the legal obligations to shareholders - not to mention the megalomania of management - apparently leave public companies hidebound to perpetrate horrors on their market and consumers. (Including Adobe, who milk their category leadership for all it's worth.)
Slashdot Mirror
"Why is it that only people with guns who kill people get criminal prosecutions"
But that is not true at all. Being a cop or a soldier is a license to kill.
Never have mod points when I want one.
When Doug Trumbull invented Showscan.
This belongs in comp.compression
And I thought I was jaded.
Exactly - a cynic "believes that human conduct is motivated wholly by self-interest" (courtesy Merriam-Webster). The Freedictionary definition even uses the word 'jaded'. :)
By all available evidence, such cynicism towards Microsoft's motives does appear wholly justified.
n/t
2 can play at that game.
Enjoy this.
It's amazing how few people see that Usenet has not in any way been superseded.
back then the internet was totally free
It was? Funny, I remember my ISP wanted to be paid...
Oh, sorry, "Premier Election Solutions"...
There ain't no technological fixes (NoSQL) to social problems (TSA).
show them how to implement a reliable, scalable, NoSQL setup
She may be over-estimating consumer satisfaction in banks and airlines.
When you buy Windows?
Now that their fortunes are on the rise again
Since around 2001.
Don't believe me? Measure it yourself...
Which is simple to setup and use, and on paper does everything in the summary.
But it seems more of a job for a dedicated wiki - maybe Foswiki?
"basic features work in a cross-platform way, the more sophisticated features don't"
Microsoft has a strong motive to make sure the non-Windows experience sucks. Their business model implies that they must discourage anyone using Macs (or Linux).
Low standards of interoperability help them isolate and destroy marginal populations of other platforms in heterogeneous environments.
Refuse SharePoint, Windows, and all Microsoft products.
The real antecedent of the iPad, around 19 years ago.
He's had more money than he knew what to do with since he was 25.
How do you explain away Gates' sociopathic obsession with accumulating wealth and totalitarian market share, then?
He has no qualms about breaking the law to shave market share from the competition while still being just a hair's breadth from 100% all the while. What would you call that? Greed doesn't seem to cover it.
(And yes, the Foundation is just a continuation of the same demented war on civilisation.)
As for Jobs... he could be a lot less mercenary. But the legal obligations to shareholders - not to mention the megalomania of management - apparently leave public companies hidebound to perpetrate horrors on their market and consumers. (Including Adobe, who milk their category leadership for all it's worth.)
without the threat of enforceable legal action, big corporations would simply act like gangsters
This must be humour...
(What, you think this is off topic? None of you eat, in between Google searches??)
It wasn't much fun to be those mice.
(Java architect) Gilad Bracha writes,
The One True Instruction Set was the PDP-11's.
la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
Guido says you don't need it! (/me ducks)
Erlang programmers might disagree ;-)