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Microsoft never really owned up to any of it. If you trust them, I cannot trust you.

by musage 9y ago

ChicagoDave 9y ago
I'd argue their actions speak volumes. They open-sourced nearly all of their platform and made it component-based so you don't need bloat for all solutions. They've made .NET core completely cross-platform, even on MacOS. There are community versions of their development tools and even a completely free text editor that many non-MS developers love. These actions are a direct admission that their previous monopolistic practices were bad for business and that the blue ocean philosophy is beneficial to everyone.
- musage 9y ago
  > These actions are a direct admission that their previous monopolistic practices were bad for business Yes, and? When a butter thief finally stops stealing butter it's a direct admission that the butter shop security is catching them too often and beating them too hard. But there is no direct bridge from that direct admission to the direct admission of wrongdoing. You're giving them forgiveness for what they did not repent of in clear terms that make backpedaling impossible. Your call.
  - philliphaydon 9y ago
    Living in the past I see. I used to hate Apple. They made crap products. First gen iPod was a junk item. Now I own an iPhone because it’s a good product. I stopped living in the past. Because hate it baggage, Life is too short to be pissed Off all the time. It just isn’t worth it.
    - musage 9y ago
      > Living in the past I see Starting with a straw man right out of the gate I see. > I used to hate Apple. [..] I stopped living in the past. Yeah, and now you're in the present where you're talking past actual self about your own past. > Life is too short to be pissed Off all the time. It just isn’t worth it. I'm not "pissed off all the time", and you can call it "hate" as much as you want. I like honesty, I like integrity. I like strong, alive people. I like laughs that come from the belly. I don't like spineless, gimmick consuming pushovers. So I have to decide. You can't say I like this drawing on a piece paper, but I also like to touch it with oily hands. You cannot have both, they're mutually exclusive. I know what I love and what I have to resist for that love to not be a joke. I said they didn't repent, you simply ignore that and talk about how I'm hateful and living in the past. You do deserve and get an earful for that, and that you think that confirms your little ploy is foreseen and accepted as irrelevant. You're either a bully or subservient to bullies, and you don't have any advice to give to me if you can't even read and respond to a super short comment as it actually stands. Life is too short to be so super banal about it. So I'm not.
      - philliphaydon 9y ago
        Lol
  - ChicagoDave 9y ago
    The butter thief is helping people make butter in an open and collaborative manner. I think that's a true enlightenment.

Microsoft never really owned up to any of it. If you trust them, I cannot trust you.

by musage 9y ago

Microsoft never really owned up to any of it. If you trust them, I cannot trust you.

I'd argue their actions speak volumes. They open-sourced nearly all of their platform and made it component-based so you don't need bloat for all solutions. They've made .NET core completely cross-platform, even on MacOS. There are community versions of their development tools and even a completely free text editor that many non-MS developers love. These actions are a direct admission that their previous monopolistic practices were bad for business and that the blue ocean philosophy is beneficial to everyone.

musage 9y ago
> These actions are a direct admission that their previous monopolistic practices were bad for business Yes, and? When a butter thief finally stops stealing butter it's a direct admission that the butter shop security is catching them too often and beating them too hard. But there is no direct bridge from that direct admission to the direct admission of wrongdoing. You're giving them forgiveness for what they did not repent of in clear terms that make backpedaling impossible. Your call.
- philliphaydon 9y ago
  Living in the past I see. I used to hate Apple. They made crap products. First gen iPod was a junk item. Now I own an iPhone because it’s a good product. I stopped living in the past. Because hate it baggage, Life is too short to be pissed Off all the time. It just isn’t worth it.
  - musage 9y ago
    > Living in the past I see Starting with a straw man right out of the gate I see. > I used to hate Apple. [..] I stopped living in the past. Yeah, and now you're in the present where you're talking past actual self about your own past. > Life is too short to be pissed Off all the time. It just isn’t worth it. I'm not "pissed off all the time", and you can call it "hate" as much as you want. I like honesty, I like integrity. I like strong, alive people. I like laughs that come from the belly. I don't like spineless, gimmick consuming pushovers. So I have to decide. You can't say I like this drawing on a piece paper, but I also like to touch it with oily hands. You cannot have both, they're mutually exclusive. I know what I love and what I have to resist for that love to not be a joke. I said they didn't repent, you simply ignore that and talk about how I'm hateful and living in the past. You do deserve and get an earful for that, and that you think that confirms your little ploy is foreseen and accepted as irrelevant. You're either a bully or subservient to bullies, and you don't have any advice to give to me if you can't even read and respond to a super short comment as it actually stands. Life is too short to be so super banal about it. So I'm not.
    - philliphaydon 9y ago
      Lol
- ChicagoDave 9y ago
  The butter thief is helping people make butter in an open and collaborative manner. I think that's a true enlightenment.