   I'm Anti-Anti-Microsoft
  Ok, in that other thread (I''ll make a linky soon) people were discussing bashing microsoft. That, and the fact that our discussions in Infomation Systems are really hard with anti microsoft haters in our class.Anyway, why hate microsoft? (Yes, I understand that is flamebait) They''ve made the computer industry. Also, chances are you''ve probably used word, windows, powerpoint etc so bashing it it a tad hypocritical (sp?).Yeah Windows crashes, but I''ve noticed that Windows crashes only when I''m doing something. Therefore, crashing is (generally) related to what you''re doing. I remember once, I was compiling something and copying over music with MICROSOFT Win Media Player. It was taking a while, so I started up a game of Unreal II. Soon enough when U2 was loading, it crashed.I''ve had my computer for about... two months now, and that''s the only crash I can remember. Ok, that, and when I''m trying to write a program to communicate with my hardware.Really, you''re no different from people who bag fords because they''re not holdens, or people who bag sony because bose is better.Grow up.Now, I''m going to have some desert!   Look, one of the few who hasn''t   asked Salsa for an Avatar.Nor do I follow the trend of putting "I don''t follow trends" in your sig.Wait... 
  You have said nothing that hasn''t been said before.   I Want My Island"The same people who so greatly oppose slavery, so much that they are willing to kill over it... have just forced me to fight the battle for them."- Robert (I Want My Island) ;  Yeah, well I''m Anti-Anti-Anti-Microsoft, so there! ;  I keep one windows computer, and about five linux boxes;one month after install, there were no errors or crashes on the linux box!for the windows computer; i set up autoexec.bat to do a format and reinstall of windows (from CD) then reload my files using SAMBA (i only use the windows computer to program in VB 6)I find that this way windows crashes only 2-3 times a day!I am anti-microsoft (aside from dos, that doesn''t break if you look at it!)I like open source.I am; nicetherefor i must be:    nice coder ;  i think the general consensus is is the while windows is a good OS, microsoft have held a monopoly in the business/desktop software market for the last 10 years, and therefore are generally disliked.i personally have just installed Gentoo. woot. ;  Your theory that using microsoft products and then bashing them is hipocrytical is totaly wrong. The fact is word is a lousy product, it is stuffed with features I never use and doesn''t have the ones that I want, or if it does they''re not easy to find. Therefore since most of microsofts programs are like this, except windows of which my ownly complaint is it''s spyware and security flaws, I hate microsoft. Microsoft did not make the computer industry, they ruined it in my book, well they haven''t totally ruined it yet but TCPA certainly will. ;  hey i just noticed that you''re from vic too. rock on! ;quote:Original post by RamboBones   Come on, they made computers easily usable by the public. Look at Linux, while it is gaining more popularity everyday, it's not as easy as Windows is to use. I think Microsoft have done great things for the computer industry, without them we might be 5-10 years behind...   [edited by - kuladus on February 5, 2004 4:51:10 AM];quote:Original post by Kuladus  quote:Original post by RamboBones    Come on, they made computers easily usable by the public. Look at Linux, while it is gaining more popularity everyday, it''s not as easy as Windows is to use. I think Microsoft have done great things for the computer industry, without them we might be 5-10 years behind...   [edited by - kuladus on February 5, 2004 4:51:10 AM]Umm... useable computers were around LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG before MS, and MS''s first products weren''t even that great. Did you ever use windows 1?   I Want My Island"The same people who so greatly oppose slavery, so much that they are willing to kill over it... have just forced me to fight the battle for them."- Robert (I Want My Island) ;  I was thinking of putting a win98 simulator (of the operating system and vb6) on my most powerful linux box,Is that Amoral :-)Is windows Amoral (to use, look at or be brainwashed by) :-)Nice coder   [edited by - Nice coder on February 5, 2004 4:58:32 AM]