[SATLUG] Pokes at Microsoft (off Topic)

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Just to set the record straight...

Gates took a copy of Berkley UNIX, and crippled it, renamed enough of it to
get past the copyright laws and sold it to IBM.

Lets take another look at Gates, he attempted to get Linux banned, because
it was free, now lessee, if memory serves me right, that is exactly the tact
he used to get Micro$oft out to the public.

Microsloth feels that the world owes them, and we have no input to what they
do or how they do it.

I use it, as a necessary evil, and interface with it daily, however, I have
no sympathy for any of the current lawsuits (last I heard it was 4 Million a
day or something like that in europe for his predatory tactics) against his
company.

No, I have no sympathy at all, and now that Linux is getting together
(fianlly) and setting standards for it, so all can enjoy it, I forsee M$
loosing massive market shares.

Just My Humble Opinion, having to deal with the myriad of faild modules
within it, and having to now fight Vista, and for those of you who are
contemplating it, my advice is to look very closely at those that have
implemented it, it is a huge memory hog, disk hog, and full of bugs...

This is no reflection on you, however, would suggest you take a closer look
at it..

Glenn T.

On 3/2/07, Robert J Hewitt <hewittrj_78244 at grandecom.net> wrote:
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> You know it seems to me that everyone including myself seems to take shots
> at Microsoft a lot.  But in true defense to the novice computer user like
> my
> neighbor daughter, the nice family just up the street and even my wife,
> all
> who don't want to learn Linux. (God forbid) but there are a lot of people
> who use both like me.  Listening to the Linux groups slam MS and the
> novices
> looking at Linux like it came from another planet.  Maybe we should learn
> to
> be more tolerant to MS and its products I use XP and I am looking at a
> Laptop with Vista installed on it.  I still use Linux on some of my
> computers and I like it but I also use Win XP on other computers.  The
> point
> of this message is that just because we prefer Linux over MS products
> doesn't really mean we need to go forth and attack MS as if it is the
> enemy
> bent on world destruction, and Bill Gates is not the Devil incarnate.  I
> think maybe for this new year on 2007 we could be more tolerant of the
> Microsoft giant and tone back on the wording of attacking Microsoft or M$
> as
> it gets put sometimes.  Just remember and most of you Linux Users had
> business and ethics and economics and government courses know that Bill
> Gates is living the American dream just like the rest of us want to, he
> produced a product called DOS and then windows, and then Office and most
> of
> the world will use it no mater how we as the Open Source Community will
> claim different (and yes that does mean the US Government who tried the
> anti-trust suit) and Microsoft who expanded to other thinks like the Xbox
> and Xbox 360 (of which I own both along with a Game cube  and no I don't
> like Play station). So let's try to remember that next time we post
> anything
> about MS I know I am.
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>              Robert
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