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Originally posted by rumor:
Didn't MS create today's booming computer industry by making an OS with many features, yet accessable to the average joe?
Didn't we already establish this elsewhere? Yes, the computer/technology industry is definitely in the shambles it is in today, partly or largely because of Microsoft.
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Sure MS wants the world, but so does united states and any corporation with a chance of survival.
Well, that's obviously why the US is so popular with the entire rest of the world then, is it?
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No businessman really gives a fuck, Bill Gates is just better at business than everyone else. And as iargue above, his sucess is good news for many people, including people that come to this site.
"Businessmen" (whatever that means) won't give a fuck because they aren't competing directly with Gates. Why? because Microsoft has a virtual monopoly in their field. Plus, who cares what "businessmen" think? There are a hell of a lot more ordinary people who don't have the money to throw around that these "businessmen" have, who are getting shafted up the ass a lot worse than any "businessman" is. They are the ones who give a fuck. Gates' success is good news for some people, him and possibly his immediate family.
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You're afraid of the big man shuting down the small man? Privacy concerns? Censorship concerns?Fair price concerns? Quality concerns?
I'm not afraid of anything of the sort! what is this crap? All those things you mentioned are definitely real concerns that some people prefer to brush under the carpet. The thing is that once our privacy and general respect for the individual is gone, it'll be next to impossible to get back, that's why we need to keep it in the first place.
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MS is part of your problem, but it's by far not the whole problem, the problem is capitalism in the United States, Bill Gates is just an outstanding example of the phenomenon.
So what? for all you know, all the people posting here might have their finger in all sorts of pies. If Bill Gates is
partof the problem, then aren't people allowed to be
partof the solution? and with regard to capitalism in the United States, yes you are right, the US is fucking fucked. It makes it all the worse that they are a major world power and have a cabbage for a commander in chief. I can't talk though, look at Scotland's political and military history!
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Just one last thought, those "bad" things i mentioned above are precisely the things that let you drive SUV's, buy 400 dollar graphics cards, have 1000 tv channels, and many other things. I guess it's complicated, at least to me.
I don't have all that fancy shit, so does that mean i'm allowed to say what i like about M$? Why can't people do what they like as long as they take responsibility for their actions? (unlike some multinational corporations i could mention) If somebody wants to start a little anti-M$ website, and ten years later M$ goes out of business, those people probably lose out less than most computer users, since they probably have macs or run UNIX at home. There's a lot of "you run Windows, nah nah nah!" going on on this forum, and it's totally unfounded, since people who use windows probably have to use it at work et c et c.
Anyway, nothing personal, but i don't agree with many of your comments, rumor. Pick holes in my words too if you like, i am certainly fallible!
peace.....
[ January 29, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
