Re: Just wondering...

[Steve Cohen <stevecoh@mcs.com>]

>  I make no bones about it, I *AM* anti-M$, but that
> doesn't mean I just woke up one morning and decided to feel that way.

Another interesting point.  How often has Microsoft gotten away with impugning
the credibility of witnesses simply by pointing to a negative comment that the
person made about Microsoft ,as though this somehow proves bias on the part of
the individual.   Truth is never an acceptable defense when Microsoft accuses
you of slandering them.

Microsoft never acknowledges that criticism of it is ever legitimate or
factually based.  Let some computer scientist prof criticize their conception
of an OS - well, he's just an ivory tower intellectual, clueless about the
workings of the real world.  Let some exec for the comptetition call them a
monopoly - then the problem is the person lacks the academic qualifications to
know what a monopoly is.  Express any opinion that Microsoft's entire
motivation is anything other than the betterment of its customers and you're a
basher.

It's time, no, it's long past time, for Microsoft to engage its critics in
meaningful discussion, instead of trying to end all discussion by pinning the
"basher" tag on them.