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Originally posted by Sava
the company has no business ethics whatsoever... I don't really care which internet browser or mail prog I use... to me, its all the same... despite their good software MS is evil... and as much as you beat off to your Outlook, it won't change that fact
Silly Sava, you're one of those people that think "good" and "evil" are "facts".
I love your types usually, except when they become one-trick ponies as you have...then they become depressingly pathetic.
MS is evil because it's #1. MS bundles an internet browser for free -- they're called evil bastards. MS bundles MSN Messenger for free -- they're called evil bastards. MS enforces 1 license to 1 computer -- they're called evil bastards.
I hope some day that you, and to a lesser extent the Linux zealots, grow up and realize what a business is. A public business is about making money for its shareholders, and that's what MS does.
You can call their business practices evil (since you clearly know so much about business!), but that's opinion and not fact.
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Originally posted by Saint Marcus
**cough**anti-trust**cough**
Yes, we all know that Apple is evil.
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Originally posted by Saint Marcus
**cough**anti-trust**cough**
You mean the one where MS basically got away with? Why do you think they got away with only a tiny slap on the wrist?
Because someone up top clued in the whole reason the anti-trust case existed was because certain competitors spent millions lobbying and paying the government to persue MS. They wanted MS' hands tied behind their back so the competitors could take over.
AOL cries and cries about how MS bundling IE destroyed Netscape -- at the same time they keep producing Netscape AND bundling lots of its own products with it and its ISP service. Huh?? What a joke.
The whole anti-trust thing is a joke, which is why no one hears anything about it anymore.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Why do you think they got away with only a tiny slap on the wrist?
Because someone up top clued in the whole reason the anti-trust case existed was because certain competitors spent millions lobbying and paying the government to persue MS.
It certainly didn't happen because MS spent millions to get the government to forget all about the antitrust case. MS would never do such a thing; it was all an evil conspiracy by AOL, Sun, and Netscape. May Bill Gates bathe us in his blessed light for all eternity...
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Drake...don't start with me. People who actually have been here in debates with me know that I tell people that MS lobbies like hell now.
Prior to the anti-trust case, MS was apolitical corporation-wise. They never lobbied. Now they spend millions a year lobbying, because their competitors did the same and got an anti-trust case brought up against MS accordingly.
Come on Drake, misrepresent my position some more. You know it's all you have.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
All I was doing was pointing out that this assertion was complete bull****...
Because someone up top clued in the whole reason the anti-trust case existed was because certain competitors spent millions lobbying and paying the government to persue MS.
The resolution of the antitrust case had nothing to do with "someone up top" realizing that Microsoft was being unfairly targeted. It had everything to do with Microsoft's huge amount of political donations...
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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
The resolution of the antitrust case had nothing to do with "someone up top" realizing that Microsoft was being unfairly targeted. It had everything to do with Microsoft's huge amount of political donations...
Bush was always opposed to the antitrust case, Drake, long before he was in office.
But do go on, I find it fascinating. How much money did MS donate? You've obviously seen a figure, since you claim it's "huge"?
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Microsoft has contributed $1.1 million dollars in soft money to both major political parties this cycle -- $529,000 to the Democrats, and $607,000 to Republicans.
The software giant gave another $700,000 to individual candidates -- and it is those numbers that tell the story behind the company's newfound political activism.
Over a million dollars in contributions counts as huge to me. Have any other great ideas on how to change the subject, hotshot?
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Christ Drake. Bush has been opposed to it LONG before he was in office, as have most republicans. It was the democrats who bought into lobbying of Sun, Netscape, Sony, etc and brought up the antitrust case under the veil of helping the consumer when all they were doing was helping the competition unfairly.
Bush is against that sort of thing on principle, being a fan of big business and all. But do tell me how you can equate how Bush put an end to it because he got a HUGE $607,000 payment.
Am I the only one who sees how stupid this is...
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
Pretty much. If you don't see how $607,000 plus all of the individual contributions Bush got is a significant amount, then I don't know what to say. I don't know how to discuss issues with someone as blinded by fanboyism as you...
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