The "Microsoft fucking sucks so hard" thread

[Faust]

heres the rules:
everyone has to post in here every single possible reason they can think of why MS sucks the big one.
the idea is that this should keep everyone busy long enough for the mac vs linux flaming to be forgetten.    

edit : and with that said I must leave and add another 500 words to my political science assignment, perchance to fall asleep at the monitor and dream...

[ April 15, 2003: Message edited by: Faust ]

[Fett101]

They're big meanies. Just today Billy took my lunch money and pushed me in a puddle. I cried all the way home.  

[Pantso]

If I were to mention each and every reason why M$ sucks, then I'd be better writing a book instead.  

[TheQuirk]

IT DOESN'T.

[Faust]

quote:IT DOESN'T.

what. the. fuck?
are you feeling alright?

[Siplus]

quote: IT DOESN'T.

uh, ok. ms doesn't suck, they just have bad business manners, insecure/unstable operating systems, over priced products, and more money then anyone else except the US government. oh, and they use their monopoly to inhibit advancement in computer technology

[Doctor V]

Their success was obtained almost entirely through dirty business deals and treachery, and has little to do with the quality of their products.  Using the OS monopoly they have strongarmmed out several over their own products even in the presence of superior competing products, thus making the standard computer software used by the majority of people less than what it could be.  They also seek to obtain more control over users of their products than is healthy for the public.

  :mad:  V  :mad:

[Doctor V]

quote:Originally posted by TheQuirk:
IT DOESN'T.

What has happened?!?!?!?

Have you sold your soul to The Devil or somthing?

  :confused:  V  :confused:

[Siplus]

strange how someone at fuckmicrosoft.com doesn't think microsoft sucks...(zombie's the exception)

[slave]

Microsoft sucks because of the proprietary software business model.  That's the only reason.  If Microsoft didn't exist another company like Apple would take its place.  The only way fair and free computing can flourish is if we abolish the copyright laws that govern the distribution and use of programs, or if we all make a voluntary choice to just say "no" to proprietary software.

In my opinion, Microsoft sucks NO LESS than most other proprietary software companies.  They are the natural result of this system.  Please don't be hypocritical and stick up for other companies that are no better than Microsoft, like Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, etc.

[Siplus]

just because they want to sell a product does not mean that they will become as corrupt as microsoft. as far as i can tell, most proprietary companies are trying to create good products, and microsoft isn't. that is their biggest difference. microsoft is not the direct result of the 'system', they have perverted the system

[HPC GUY]

Ms sucks because they Gobble up little companies (as in buy them out) with good products then close them down. The little guy gets screwed.

[slave]

Hey I think MS Office is technically the "best" office suite out there right now... but I still wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.  Likewise with OS X or Adobe Photoshop.  Microsoft does make some decent software occasionally -- admit it!

[slave]

And don't get me started with "but Microsoft bundles this/that program with Windows!  Microsoft doesn't support open standards!!" while at the same time praising Apple for bundling tons of programs with their OS including QuickTime which by the way is the *one* video format I cannot yet play on my Linux machine due to its closed nature.

[Calum]

well you should be able to play all quicktime movies up to quicktime 4 and some quicktime 5 movies using mplayer + quicktime codecs.

as for MS Office, technically, i think it sucks ass compared with openoffice and staroffice (which is not free or open source but is still cheaper and better than ms office, plus if a person wants a word processor or a spreadsheet only, there are a lot faster and smaller programs out there to do exactly the same job as MS office at much less cost (to CPU ticks, and perhaps to your wallet).