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Amazing how people can only say anything favorable about Microsoft if they hide behind the guise of a competing company. God forbid a PC guy had this opinion.
by alyx 17y ago
Amazing how people can only say anything favorable about Microsoft if they hide behind the guise of a competing company. God forbid a PC guy had this opinion.
Up voted none the less.
Note: I'm a Mac and a PC person.
- tptacek 17y agoIf I don't say I'm a Mac person, people say I'm a shill. It's also just the truth --- I don't want to imply I like using Windows (although I like Vista more than I like XP).
- lucumo 17y agoTo me it wasn't the "Mac person" comment that convinced me of the point. Just the thoughtfulness that was apparent in the post. There was mention of facts, and it obviously wasn't a rant. Kneejerk "Microsoft rules" or the opposite should be downvoted, even if followed by "I'm a Mac person". I'd like to think that's what would happen as well.
- jacoblyles 17y agoIn any topic that arouses people's passions, I find that if I want to say something nice about hated group X, then if I don't identify myself as a non-X, then people dismiss what I say as another one of those "damn X-ers". It's irrational, yes. But that's human nature for you. What's surprising, and perhaps sad, is that operating systems have aroused people's passions so intensely that it has become one of those volatile topics, like the canonical religion and politics, that one must treat very carefully, and certainly not bring up at dinner.
- andreyf 17y agoWhat's surprising, and perhaps sad, is that operating systems have aroused people's passions so intensely... People look to form tribes using whatever brands they can - be they personalities, cars, clothes, or programming languages.
- yters 17y agoWe all want somewhere to belong. The world is a cold, dark place on your own.