Re: Just wondering...

[Rob Marqusee <rbm@pionet.net>]

No -

I do not think that you will find a lot of love for MS here.  And justly so,
I might add.  I have had to deal with them ... and I know that they have
acted like gangsters.  What is worse, MS puts such an incredible spin -
basically lies - that it has lost all its integrity - whatever they had to
begin with ....

If you want to find pro-MS stuff, just read their press releases which are
copied by some of the major rags.  Or, better yet - let us hear your pro-MS
views ... and see if they stand up to inspection.

Rob

Simon Cooke wrote:

> I know this list is called the "Appraising Microsoft" list, but from some
> of the participants - Mitch, who runs the boycott Microsoft site, Jamie,
> who spent a spell on the MSNBC Technology BBS trying to convince everyone
> that MS was up to no good, etc etc, I get the feeling that a more accurate
> name would be "Anti Microsoft".
>
> So, to see if I'm wasting my time here (preaching to people who have
> already religiously made up their mind and know innately through some kind
> of divine intervention that Microsoft is Evil, Injust, Cruel to animals
> and generally downright rotten), if anyone here takes a pro-Microsoft or
> even a not-all-that-against Microsoft - or preferably a "Show me the
> facts" stance, can they let me know?
>
> I'm intrigued, because day in, day out, I read people on this list venting
> spleen about the evils of Microsoft, over analyzing everything down to the
> slightest minutae, and taking *anything* and *everything* as evidence of
> Microsoft's evildoing. Eg. the current posts about Office and Netscape,
> and previous posts about Microsoft running sweat shops with Russian
> Immigrant programmers.
>
> Am I just misreading peoples intent here? Or is this just a place for
> everyone to get together and villify Microsoft? You know, your typical
> advocacy place, where even cold hard fact won't change peoples opinions?
>
> Curious, no offence intended,
> Simon (not speaking in any way for my employer, which is indeed Microsoft,
> and which may or may not share my views)