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Surprised I don't see M$FT. It's like slashdot in the early 2000s. Edit: -4 downd00ts! Haha must have triggered a few oldies who never let go of their hate.
by freitzkriesler2 3y ago
Surprised I don't see M$FT. It's like slashdot in the early 2000s.
Edit: -4 downd00ts! Haha must have triggered a few oldies who never let go of their hate.
- tmpX7dMeXU 3y agoM$
- AtlasBarfed 3y agoWhy do you think people hated Microsoft? Let's see if you know actually know anything about their deep and wide business sociopathy. One of the big reasons that monopolies are really bad is that they are also inevitably incompetent. The fact those two things go hand in hand makes the inherent corruption of monopoly / cartels doubly damaging. ....almost all markets are cartels at a minimum these days
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoI get that, but the Microsoft of today isn't the Microsoft of the 90s or even 2000s. Now if we want to talk about Google...
- squarefoot 3y agoDon't forget that it was then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer who in 2001 compared Linux to cancer. If there is childish vitriol somewhere, it did start neither on HN nor on /.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoOh I know, all companies change over time and both Billy and Balmer have zero impact on the day to day operations at Microsoft. The Microsoft today isn't the Microsoft of the 2000s. Now I wish the same thing could be said about Google which is quickly becoming the Microsoft of the 2000s.
- riddley 3y agoYou keep saying that they're different, but to my old eyes you're just buying their marketing. They still have horrible security. They are still product dumping. They're still ignoring user preferences and forcing their agenda (eg: Edge) They're worse than ever about user privacy. I could go on. I don't like Google either, but your corporate loyalty is silly. Both can be and are terrible.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoAnd in my eyes you're just a bitter old boomer stuck in his ways. Security is no worse than what I see with osx. I don't use Linux because I have real work to do. Edge is just chrome with a big blue E. And every company product team ignores its users for monetary gain. You really can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- chokolad 3y agoTop comment has "windoze" mentioned. It is pretty much slashdot from 2000s