play fair. forced to. Are you kidding me. This is business and you dont play fair. Playinng fair is not crying or telling your mom. Legislation, organized opposition????? Stop please. You are fighting a loosing cause. Why do you want open word docs or excel docs because you want toplay with MS. But why? you want them to open up so linux can play to. Listen it isnt a monopoly its called market share. Free enterprise. So its because of MS you are so sour and feel the indusrty sucks because of MS. Well there wouldnt be so many computers out there if there were no MS. What compentition do you want. Its there already MAC/PC/Linux/Unix.
What else do you want? Did you have a bad experience with MS support that makes you so sour. A lot has changed since DOS. I believe there is no talking sense with you. You are so brainwashed with i dont know what. But in america we need people like you and on the other side while i will stick in the middle and enjoy everything. Thanks for the conversation.
No i do not believe killing or stealing is right. But i will say is that things that are wrong legally/Morally are done to get one to where there trying to go or where they are. What im saying is that they do it get and get away with it. As the rest of the reply i agree, can i use "We" here? are making progress. Its a fustrating battle. But somethings should be theres. there are benefits to use certain MS apps and they should keep it theres. Personally i would be fine with pine, vi, a browser, burning software, and a nice newsreader, i dont need all of these MS features/bugs. Unfortunatly devolpers do not make all there apps for MAC and Linux. So personally im forced to use a PC at home at times. At work people rely on these MS features and software. They love em right down to clippy its discusting but I need to be sharp with those benefits because the next guy will. At one time my company used all macs. We even ran Great Plain, Dynamics, now owned by MS, on a mac. We ran apache and sendmail and popper. It was either a MAC or an SGI. But we have grown and its MS this and MS that Project word excel exchange Great Plains, printer drivers, shipping software, crystal reports... i could go on, BTW i held them on sendmail for 6 years now but this year we went to exchange, so far not so bad, and we are still running apache on a SGI Origin 300... with mySQL PHP, ect. There are other reasons people want to use MS products not just the so called monopoly. I dont help the situation either but they pay me and they want MS's products and features and other software that runs on MS.
The last paragraph is touchy and ignorant, they do make good reliable software. Try some and not just XP you will be suprised, i am. PC guys bash the mac in similar was and i always ask do you own a Mac? Do you use a Mac? Tap dance.... Ignorance and being closed mindedness keeps them from making educated judgments as you may be making on MS.
This type of scenario keeps people away from linux mac and pcs, people are to closed minded to at least try something else or based there opinion on there small experience. Believe me i was the same way. Hated macs i was all about linux and a little pc. Now i love them all. Same with cars, i never liked to drive a truck, and only wanted to drive a honda. Well i now own what i used to think was a snobby soccer moms car. I dont know your age and imm not saying your imature for i dont know you at all, but i will tell you as i got older i have lost that teenage attitute that i know it all and what i believe is only the truth. Well that was one of the biggest things i have learned in life is that if im on the right listen to the left know exactly where there coming from. Live on the left see what its like. Variety is the spice of live.
First off i did not know i was graded on this paper. So I will revise this draft and submitt a version to be graded. I now see the real problem here. You just hate MS. I feel its not a monopoly and you have the right to avoid it and i have the freedom to have my opinion. but let me say this to you my friend will be left behind, and starving in this computer industry. As you know MS is everywhere so you can continue to avoid it but the rest of Corporate America doesnt and that is who most IT people work for. They maybe ignorant or caught up in this so called monopoly you speak of but its here and it works for them. So ill be here learning it and working on it. Doing what i need to do to feed my family. Dont be so blind to the world, be open minded. ill quote a song for you "you cant knock the hustle". If Billy Gates murders and steals to get MS where it is and gets a away with it good for him. If Bush does what he does to be President good for him. America is free. And people voted for Bush to get him there and people buy MS to make MS what they are today. Stop spending you time hating Billy and spend more time with making what you believe better. Crying about the search in IE7 is not the solution. Maybe educating people that they have a choice maybe more fit. Ill say this as well, its a little outragous but here it is, note im no more in love with MS as you are, i mean i am on slashdot... But the real issue was Google. But where would Linux or Google be without MS. Think about your life "in computers" with out MS.
You are correct. But how did they "MS" get there. We are getting a little bit off topic. But my point was there are choices. As for your point on the PC market, people are lazy and dont want to do the research in buying which os is right for them ect. they jump on the band wagon. Its a tuff idea but once ms got so much of the market share the rest was easy, and now this is what we have. People are lazy and dont look elsewhere. But when they go to BestBuy there are no PCs running linux. and they want to use what there family or friends may use. Personally I choose WIN alternatives but i do have a PC. But lately i have been enjoying macs since OSX and used IRIX and Linux before that. It is tuff being the biggest dog or monopoly if you will. But this is america and we are free to use what we want. I just think its silly that people wine that MS used there search as the default. I mean really what else should they use. Like there default home page. I mean should they ask you anymore questions proir to install. Persnally Im glad Vista asks less questions or requires less interaction.
This is a little outa hand. Its there browser and they should be able to make there search default. People have the chose whether or not to buy MS's OS or not. the chose to use there Browser or not. The right to change there home page. Wouldnt you do the same. HP doesnt cry that dell chooses to make there Pcs home page Dell. or that they use a Dell desktop image, or even the mouse pad. Taco Bell is owned by Pepsi and they only have Pepsi softdrinks. I have the chose to change my background to my current fav car, set my default home page to/. set my search to google. Reinstall my OS of choice on the PC throw out the mouse pad and not buy the drink at taco bell. And if its the Value Meal, i dont have to drink it...
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play fair. forced to. Are you kidding me. This is business and you dont play fair. Playinng fair is not crying or telling your mom. Legislation, organized opposition????? Stop please. You are fighting a loosing cause. Why do you want open word docs or excel docs because you want toplay with MS. But why? you want them to open up so linux can play to. Listen it isnt a monopoly its called market share. Free enterprise. So its because of MS you are so sour and feel the indusrty sucks because of MS. Well there wouldnt be so many computers out there if there were no MS. What compentition do you want. Its there already MAC/PC/Linux/Unix. What else do you want? Did you have a bad experience with MS support that makes you so sour. A lot has changed since DOS. I believe there is no talking sense with you. You are so brainwashed with i dont know what. But in america we need people like you and on the other side while i will stick in the middle and enjoy everything. Thanks for the conversation.
No i do not believe killing or stealing is right. But i will say is that things that are wrong legally/Morally are done to get one to where there trying to go or where they are. What im saying is that they do it get and get away with it. As the rest of the reply i agree, can i use "We" here? are making progress. Its a fustrating battle. But somethings should be theres. there are benefits to use certain MS apps and they should keep it theres. Personally i would be fine with pine, vi, a browser, burning software, and a nice newsreader, i dont need all of these MS features/bugs. Unfortunatly devolpers do not make all there apps for MAC and Linux. So personally im forced to use a PC at home at times. At work people rely on these MS features and software. They love em right down to clippy its discusting but I need to be sharp with those benefits because the next guy will. At one time my company used all macs. We even ran Great Plain, Dynamics, now owned by MS, on a mac. We ran apache and sendmail and popper. It was either a MAC or an SGI. But we have grown and its MS this and MS that Project word excel exchange Great Plains, printer drivers, shipping software, crystal reports... i could go on, BTW i held them on sendmail for 6 years now but this year we went to exchange, so far not so bad, and we are still running apache on a SGI Origin 300... with mySQL PHP, ect. There are other reasons people want to use MS products not just the so called monopoly. I dont help the situation either but they pay me and they want MS's products and features and other software that runs on MS. The last paragraph is touchy and ignorant, they do make good reliable software. Try some and not just XP you will be suprised, i am. PC guys bash the mac in similar was and i always ask do you own a Mac? Do you use a Mac? Tap dance.... Ignorance and being closed mindedness keeps them from making educated judgments as you may be making on MS. This type of scenario keeps people away from linux mac and pcs, people are to closed minded to at least try something else or based there opinion on there small experience. Believe me i was the same way. Hated macs i was all about linux and a little pc. Now i love them all. Same with cars, i never liked to drive a truck, and only wanted to drive a honda. Well i now own what i used to think was a snobby soccer moms car. I dont know your age and imm not saying your imature for i dont know you at all, but i will tell you as i got older i have lost that teenage attitute that i know it all and what i believe is only the truth. Well that was one of the biggest things i have learned in life is that if im on the right listen to the left know exactly where there coming from. Live on the left see what its like. Variety is the spice of live.
First off i did not know i was graded on this paper. So I will revise this draft and submitt a version to be graded. I now see the real problem here. You just hate MS. I feel its not a monopoly and you have the right to avoid it and i have the freedom to have my opinion. but let me say this to you my friend will be left behind, and starving in this computer industry. As you know MS is everywhere so you can continue to avoid it but the rest of Corporate America doesnt and that is who most IT people work for. They maybe ignorant or caught up in this so called monopoly you speak of but its here and it works for them. So ill be here learning it and working on it. Doing what i need to do to feed my family. Dont be so blind to the world, be open minded. ill quote a song for you "you cant knock the hustle". If Billy Gates murders and steals to get MS where it is and gets a away with it good for him. If Bush does what he does to be President good for him. America is free. And people voted for Bush to get him there and people buy MS to make MS what they are today. Stop spending you time hating Billy and spend more time with making what you believe better. Crying about the search in IE7 is not the solution. Maybe educating people that they have a choice maybe more fit. Ill say this as well, its a little outragous but here it is, note im no more in love with MS as you are, i mean i am on slashdot... But the real issue was Google. But where would Linux or Google be without MS. Think about your life "in computers" with out MS.
You are correct. But how did they "MS" get there. We are getting a little bit off topic. But my point was there are choices. As for your point on the PC market, people are lazy and dont want to do the research in buying which os is right for them ect. they jump on the band wagon. Its a tuff idea but once ms got so much of the market share the rest was easy, and now this is what we have. People are lazy and dont look elsewhere. But when they go to BestBuy there are no PCs running linux. and they want to use what there family or friends may use. Personally I choose WIN alternatives but i do have a PC. But lately i have been enjoying macs since OSX and used IRIX and Linux before that. It is tuff being the biggest dog or monopoly if you will. But this is america and we are free to use what we want. I just think its silly that people wine that MS used there search as the default. I mean really what else should they use. Like there default home page. I mean should they ask you anymore questions proir to install. Persnally Im glad Vista asks less questions or requires less interaction.
This is a little outa hand. Its there browser and they should be able to make there search default. People have the chose whether or not to buy MS's OS or not. the chose to use there Browser or not. The right to change there home page. Wouldnt you do the same. HP doesnt cry that dell chooses to make there Pcs home page Dell. or that they use a Dell desktop image, or even the mouse pad. Taco Bell is owned by Pepsi and they only have Pepsi softdrinks. I have the chose to change my background to my current fav car, set my default home page to /. set my search to google. Reinstall my OS of choice on the PC throw out the mouse pad and not buy the drink at taco bell. And if its the Value Meal, i dont have to drink it...