Posted by Neredbojias on 10/28/07 06:03

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:30:40
GMT Jonathan N. Little scribed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
>
>> Har har hardy har har! You want _Microsoft_ to fix it? -Microsoft??
>> Up until now I thought you were a rational person.
>
> I have no illusions. How else did big Bill get his billions. I just
> find the concept funny, you buy it, but you don't own it. You agree to
> accept any damage or harm it might do, they are not liable, but your
> cannot use it as you please nor modify it if you can fix it. You want
> them to support it you must pay them but they are no obligated to fix
> it...sweet! A one-way contract.

Yep - the advantages of a de-facto monopoly. Nevertheless, I feel that
Microsoft's biggest negatives have come later rather than earlier. I liked
them when they first started out. Now they're just trying to make a buck
in all possible ways determined to be available and that's gonna kill them
in the end. You watch. The first real competitor that comes along will
have them crapping in their pants. If that doesn't happen, they'll still
lose by attrition of viability. I'm honestly surprised they've held sway
for so long, anyway, because in today's world, major ineptness is generally
not tolerated by the consumer.

--
Neredbojias
Just a boogar in the proboscis of life.

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