First let me say that I do think Mr gates is not a marketing genius, nor do I doubt his programming capabilities. I have problems with his business practices. If any doubt my (gag) "fondness" for Microsoft, please view this page I wrote a couple of years ago on My Microsoft Haters Page
The average IQ of Internet users is in ballistic free-fall and has been for some time, and it appears there is no end in sight for utterly brainless schemes like the ones Mr. Gates has in store for us. Does no one realize M$ does not release a finished product for sale?? The end users are thier Beta Testers and M$ fixes the screwups based upon thier complaints.
Until recently I wrote programs only for Windows, but like many, I have noticed that Microsoft's originally positive behavior and attitude toward its customers has gradually evaporated, replaced by an increasingly fascist policy — greater profit, less time wasted improving its products. Over time, Microsoft's programs have gotten worse — more and more features, less and less internal coherence. But this all pales compared to an apparent Microsoft corporate goal: complete control of the end user's computer. It has recently been discovered that Windows XP users may have parts of their operating system replaced by Microsoft while they are on line, without any overt notification or permission. This change of policy is official — it is in very small print, but Microsoft is not trying to conceal their plans.
Things are so bad at Microsoft that someone like me can write and not give away a program that does things no Microsoft program can do, at any price. The way they have it now if it (the program) is not fit to run in either a Windows enviroment, or at cater to Internet Exlorers propriety programming standards, it just may conflict with windows....only.
Granted, Mr. Gates has become the great philothrampric (spelling?), but when you stop to think about it...how could he possibly spend all his money?? He could buy Aircraftcarriers, small countries, possibly even settle the national debt....so why not give it away to charity and make himself look better ( and hopefully feel better) after raping 2/3'rds of the worlds personal computers in more languages than I can not only spell, but pronounce.
I'm off my soapbox, but I would love to hear your comments.
More to come later on his "puppet" endevours, and slaving programmers to his standards.
The average IQ of Internet users is in ballistic free-fall and has been for some time, and it appears there is no end in sight for utterly brainless schemes like the ones Mr. Gates has in store for us. Does no one realize M$ does not release a finished product for sale?? The end users are thier Beta Testers and M$ fixes the screwups based upon thier complaints.
Until recently I wrote programs only for Windows, but like many, I have noticed that Microsoft's originally positive behavior and attitude toward its customers has gradually evaporated, replaced by an increasingly fascist policy — greater profit, less time wasted improving its products. Over time, Microsoft's programs have gotten worse — more and more features, less and less internal coherence. But this all pales compared to an apparent Microsoft corporate goal: complete control of the end user's computer. It has recently been discovered that Windows XP users may have parts of their operating system replaced by Microsoft while they are on line, without any overt notification or permission. This change of policy is official — it is in very small print, but Microsoft is not trying to conceal their plans.
Things are so bad at Microsoft that someone like me can write and not give away a program that does things no Microsoft program can do, at any price. The way they have it now if it (the program) is not fit to run in either a Windows enviroment, or at cater to Internet Exlorers propriety programming standards, it just may conflict with windows....only.
Granted, Mr. Gates has become the great philothrampric (spelling?), but when you stop to think about it...how could he possibly spend all his money?? He could buy Aircraftcarriers, small countries, possibly even settle the national debt....so why not give it away to charity and make himself look better ( and hopefully feel better) after raping 2/3'rds of the worlds personal computers in more languages than I can not only spell, but pronounce.
I'm off my soapbox, but I would love to hear your comments.
More to come later on his "puppet" endevours, and slaving programmers to his standards.
