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> They're still doing bad stuff today, just on different fronts. I mean no disrespect, but what's the bad stuff being done my Microsoft today?
by FlyingSnake 12y ago
> They're still doing bad stuff today, just on different fronts.
I mean no disrespect, but what's the bad stuff being done my Microsoft today?
- jacquesm 12y agoThat's going to be quite a list. The highlights: Abusing their patent portfolio directly, ditto through proxies, continued attempts to subvert open standards, bribery to use Microsoft software in various third world countries (and in Romania too, and Germany for that matter) and many others besides but those alone would be enough to not make me go back to using their development platform.
- guardian5x 12y agoJust out of curiosity. When did Microsoft bribe anyone in Germany? I have never heard about that.
- bemused 12y agohm, maybe pass that question to someone from finland?
- yuhong 12y agoI have my own wishlist: http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2014/08/my-wishlist-for-satya.html http://yuhongbao.blogspot.ca/2014/08/my-wishlist-for-satya.h... It also includes things MS has done in the past that is not too late to fix.
- icantthinkofone 12y agoThe anti-trust result put Microsoft under US Federal oversight for 10 years. After 10 years, the Justice Department found Microsoft ignoring requirements they were supposed to supply them and extended that oversight for an additional two years which just ended in 2011.
- nileshtrivedi 12y agoPatent threats and lawsuits against Android OEMs. Locking down computers using UEFI Secure Boot and taking control away from the owners of the machine. Sabotaging the office document standard process at ISO. Corruption in cases where governments explored switching to alternative operating systems. Working against software patent reforms. All these happened within last 5 years (and continue to happen).