I am sure I do hold a double standard. But I have held this one for a long time
since Bill Gates published his 'Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists' in 1976,
http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html
But I am sure that is just my baggage. No, I didn't use M$ basic, I
used machine language
for my Altair, and later assembler. Eventually lots of languages
using CP/M operating system
(really more of a monitor rather than an Operating System)
There are also the court cases showing that the 'published interface'
in Microsoft
products did not work and Microsoft used a different set of entry
points for their
'competing products' that were not made public.
The predatory tactics noted by several court cases in the EU...
There are just a couple of things I can easily remember off the top of my head.
And the Open Letter just started my attitude about M$.
... Yep, I am sure it is just me.
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