Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/28/07 13:00

Neredbojias wrote:
> 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.
>

I agree. In some ways I wish for them to get really threated, and get
them to go back to software that works for people that want to get stuff
done.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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