On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:09:32AM -0600, Stuart Jansen wrote: > > In the world of the fan boy, saying anything nice about Microsoft is a > cardinal sin. Some Linux fan boys are so ideologically pure they would > denounce even Richard Stallman if he ever hinted at a positive opinion > of anything Microsoft did. That's just plain silly.
About three years ago, I started saying that I could see myself actually liking Microsoft in about five years. My thought process was very similar to what Stuart is saying now: Microsoft has to change to stay relevant. Anyway, I'm about halfway there, so I think my estimate might have been just about right. The only aspect in which I still "hate" them is the Microsoft Tax. This has started to go away for the lowest end netbooks, but it's still not gone yet. And I guess I'm still bothered by the Tom Tom lawsuit. It's unfortunate that Microsoft didn't decide to split itself into two companies a decade ago. If they had split into a MS Windows company and an MS Office company, I think they both would have been pretty likeable a few years ago. -- Andrew McNabb http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
