I (and others) use my own ingenuity and time to create something that is superior to a product that would cost me quite a bit more money than it's worth.
This is somehow un-American?
Funny, I thought that America was a pioneer's dream. The expansion of this country was fueled by a desire to see what's over the next horizon, find somewhere where you can make a place for yourself, live your dreams. I guess that the American Way (TM) is complacency. I'm glad that we're all sheep. It certainly makes the job a lot easier for the corporate powers-that-be to control us through a well balanced diet of Chicken McNuggets (TM), Coke (TM), and Friends.
I think that Jim Allchin's fear is that we'll start to think for ourselves, and when we do, we might decide that we don't particularly care for the way that his corporation does business or the shoddy products that it sells.
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A tablet PC and Microsoft OneNote is serving me well in the exact same situation as the poster.
Anything that they wanted to.
This is somehow un-American?
Funny, I thought that America was a pioneer's dream. The expansion of this country was fueled by a desire to see what's over the next horizon, find somewhere where you can make a place for yourself, live your dreams. I guess that the American Way (TM) is complacency. I'm glad that we're all sheep. It certainly makes the job a lot easier for the corporate powers-that-be to control us through a well balanced diet of Chicken McNuggets (TM), Coke (TM), and Friends.
I think that Jim Allchin's fear is that we'll start to think for ourselves, and when we do, we might decide that we don't particularly care for the way that his corporation does business or the shoddy products that it sells.