Zombie9920 -
I don't know about anybody else, but I visit this site because I'm frustrated. To be more specific, I'm frustrated with Microsoft . . . frustrated with thier operating system, frustrated with their business practices, frustrated with their total lack of ethics. And because I'm frustrated (as well as angry) with Microsoft, I don't come to a site named
www.fuckmicrosoft.com to hear people
praise them! Consequently, anybody who does come here praising Microsoft poses a very convient target. Don't blame me for putting yourself in a position to get flamed.
Who are you trying to convince anyways? If you haven't been able to tell from the site name and its mission statement (not to mention the vast majority of the posts), this is a site
against Microsoft. Thus its safe to assume that the majority of people who frequent this site are opposed to Microsoft as well. Now, considering the monopoly that Microsoft has, it is also safe to assume that almost everybody (who uses computers) has had some kind of interaction with some version of Windows. Conversely, because Microsoft has such a monopoly, it is also safe to assume that it is unlikely that most people have tried an operating system other than Windows. Therefore it is almost impossible for you to accurately state that the people at this forum are closed-minded, since (as we established earlier) almost everybody has used Windows to some extent, thus giving them the appropriate background with which to say "Windows blows!" If anybody is closed-minded, it is the die hard Windows fans, since as we (also) established, the majority of them have
have probably not tried an alternate operating system, meaning that they lack the appropriate knowledge with which to say "Everything else sucks!"
And if you happen to be someone that
has tried an alternate operating system and opted to return to Windows, then fine. You're entitled to your opinion. But don't forget so is everyone else. As we concluded earlier, the *majority* of people who frequent this site already have a grudge with Microsoft and that their opinions can hardly be considered uninformed. So why are you even bothering to try and change their minds? They obvioiusly already have them made up. Which returns us to my unanswered question: "Who are you trying to convince anyways?" I think you're trying to convince yourself that Windows is great, because believing otherwise would mean that you've made a terrible mistake. And we know how hard of a time most people have admitting their mistakes . . . but that's just my opinion.
So I'm proposing a solution. You stop advocating Microsoft and we'll stop calling you names. Easy as that. And if you still feel like contributing to this site, then why don't you stick to helping people who are having problems Windows (and what ever operating systems you may have a knowledge of)?
On a different note, while the editing of your post was a bit tasteless, it was extremely funny.
And like I said earlier, when you come to a site opposed to Microsoft and proceed to shower them with praise, you're just asking to get flamed (amongst other things). Even though I had nothing to do with it, my sincerest apologies for what happened.
-Gonusto
[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Gonusto ]
