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No, I don't think what MS did is worse. But "writing useful software" was not the reason they were hated. That's the strawman, and it detracts from your argumen
by Peaker 13y ago
No, I don't think what MS did is worse. But "writing useful software" was not the reason they were hated. That's the strawman, and it detracts from your argument.
- scholia 13y agoPoint taken, but it seems to me the thing that open source fanboys are actually complaining about. Almost none of them knows what Microsoft is supposed to have done.
- Peaker 13y agoSome worse things: Microsoft's OEM deals to throw out Netscape. Bundling IE with their monopolistic OS to kill Netscape Disallowing OEMs to sell computers with any OS but Windows (or demanding 3x the price for Windows licenses). Killing DR-DOS by having Windows refuse to start if it detects DR-DOS. Funding and encouraging SCO's baseless lawsuit to create FUD around Linux. And various other scandals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft
- scholia 13y agoNone of which ranks up there with killing people, or mass financial fraud, even if they were true. Which several of them are not.
- Peaker 13y agoI agree, but they are pretty bad. My point was specifically about underplaying their illegal and immoral practices as "building useful software" which is not conductive to useful discussion. Which ones do you believe aren't true?