I am in the same situation, and I feel exactly the same way. Often people fail to understand why I dislike Microsoft so much. It is because of Microsofts Policy of Proprietary Design (you can quote me on that:). Every piece of software they have written seems to be tweaked (from orders from high up, no doubt) to work best only with MS. The resemblance that Bill Gates's behavior in the marketplace bears to the Robber Barons of the 19th century is disgusting. I have all the respect in the world for the (honest) MS developers, they need to make a living like everyone. The problems clearly stem from those who are becoming filthy, filthy rich from forcefully beating out competition in the software market.
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I am in the same situation, and I feel exactly the same way. Often people fail to understand why I dislike Microsoft so much. It is because of Microsofts Policy of Proprietary Design (you can quote me on that:). Every piece of software they have written seems to be tweaked (from orders from high up, no doubt) to work best only with MS. The resemblance that Bill Gates's behavior in the marketplace bears to the Robber Barons of the 19th century is disgusting. I have all the respect in the world for the (honest) MS developers, they need to make a living like everyone. The problems clearly stem from those who are becoming filthy, filthy rich from forcefully beating out competition in the software market.