*applause* -nice post
John Hebert wrote:
>Quantify "cheaper" and "better".
>
>For the sake of argument, I can name a number of
>examples. Their development environments (Visual
>Studio, etc.) are very nice. They _do_ pay attention
>on how to improve development tools so that
>programmers will more likely use them (to build apps
>dependent on proprietary requirements).
>
>
I agree but still MSVS lets you develop bugged software in a very nice
environment =)
>Let's be rational here for a moment. Some
>people|corporations are willing to trade their freedom
>for ease of use.
>
Politics can make anyone apathetic at times. (see sig)
>How can we compete against what
>Micro$oft is doing right?
>
Only by boycott and hard work on competing products. That has to mostly
involve any tech support of all its products (which has become a
business itself , therefore is nearly impossible to boycott) . Why
support something microsoft owns? You don't own the software. You have a
license to use it, IANAL but that license can be taken or taxed, like
any other legal license?, at the licensee's discretion. I should be able
to file a class action suit to collect fees for working on "their software".
--
They seem to have learned the habit of cowering before authority even when
not actually threatened. How very nice for authority. I decided not to
learn this particular lesson.
-- Richard Stallman
