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Thread ID: 29669 2003-01-29 02:30:00 OT, well sorta, an interesting "Whats so bad about MS" article anyway. nz_liam (845) Press F1
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116992 2003-01-29 02:30:00 I've just been reading through an interesting article about MS (see some of the stuff it covers below) and thought I might share the link.

Take a look @ www.<a-word-that-might-offend-some-people>microsoft.com


Cheers

Liam

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From a Software User's Perspective
>Bloat
>Backward incompatibility
>Perpetual upgrading
>Vaporware
>Hostile treatment of customers
>Predatory practices
>Bundling of inferior products
>Bugs, bugs, and more bugs
>Insecurity

From a Technical Perspective
>Closed "standards"
>Mutilation of existing standards
>Lack of innovation

From the Perspective of Everybody Else
>Attempts at taking over appliance markets
>Attempts at buying the public's trust
>Outright deception

Common Defenses of Microsoft Debunked
>Microsoft is ahead because their products are superior
>Microsoft should not be punished for its success
nz_liam (845)
116993 2003-01-29 02:33:00 Microsoft kick ass! Their products are great. Only tree hugging weenies don't like them! BIFF (1)
116994 2003-01-29 02:41:00 > Microsoft kick ass! Their products are great. Only
> tree hugging weenies don't like them!

Well I'm NOT trying to start another war here, merely offering a link.

Oh, and I’ve been told that the above link doesn’t work, duh, so here is a working one www.<a-word-that-might-offend-some-people>microsof t.com (www.****microsof t.com)
nz_liam (845)
116995 2003-01-29 02:42:00 Ok, well it looks like the language filter killed that link, so use your imagination :D:p nz_liam (845)
116996 2003-01-29 10:53:00 Is the space in the "microsoft" part of your link supposed to be there or is that what is killing the link? Robin S_ (86)
116997 2003-01-29 11:02:00 > Is the space in the "microsoft" part of your link
> supposed to be there or is that what is killing the
> link?

There isn’t supposed to be a space in the link, it’s a forum bug that randomly inserts spaces in text.

What’s killing the link is the language filter, goto www.****microsoft.com replacing the **** with a word that this forum filters out.


Cheers

Liam
nz_liam (845)
116998 2003-01-29 11:03:00 > Microsoft kick ass! Their products are great. Only
> tree hugging weenies don't like them!

I really do hope you're joking! :)
segfault (655)
116999 2003-01-29 14:07:00 for those with a less than imaginative mind, click here (www.&#102;uckmicrosoft.com), and if your easily offended, or of an age where swearing is prohibit, keep your gaze high if the status bar is enabled, and try not hover too long over the link :),

somehow microsoft makes me hate them, a deep down 'subconcious' hate, that, judging from the time of this post, i can understandably not explain

grtz sal.
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