21 May
1998
21 May
'98
5:41 p.m.
On Thu, 21 May 1998, Doug Yowza wrote:
If there were name calling or ad hominem attacks,
I'd agree, but I think
it's been kept within a historical perspective so far. I'm normally not
one for government intervention or regulation, and I really doubt that the
guys in the DOJ "get it", but I've seen what Microsoft has done to my PC,
and I don't want that to happen to the internet.
I agree. This whole lawsuit, on the grounds that they are filing it,
seems pretty meritless to me. So unless the DOJ attorneys pull some other
trick out of their ass, I don't think they have much chance of succeeding
on their current course. I think they need to go after the practice of
Microschlock locking OEMs (Dell, Compaq, etc) into buying Windows95 and
nothing else or no Windows95 at all. That's wrong and fucked up.
All in all, I love the fact that MS is getting reamed. I say more power
to the DOJ. But as far as this discussion, Kai gets ultra-sensitive from
the MS bashing, and I just don't think its fair to him to turn the list
into an MS-bashing circle (its starting to happen) no matter how much its
deserved.
I think the chances of the DOJ splitting Microsoft
into MS-Apps and MS-OS
is close to zero, but I think it would revitalize an industry that has all
but dried up and given in to WinTel. The internet is such a sweet young
thing, I'd hate to see her "embraced and extended" by any corporate
powerhouse.
I whole-heartedly, unequivocally agree. But you're discounting Linux.
I'm surprised. Five years from now Windows' dominance will be a
non-issue. The world will have been made much more colorful and free by
Linux. I hope you believe me because I'd hate to prove you wrong in five
year's time (plus I need to get a win after being called on my "bzzt" for
being wrong about the origins of Unix :)
Of course, there's always the argument that
Microsoft is a benevolent
dictator, and I have to admit that Microsoft has started to do real
research and innovation in recent years, and that every Microsoft
developer I've met after 1988 or so has been more than competent.
Unfortunately, I think that's due in part to the fact that nobody else is
left to work for :-(
So why can't these collective developers deliver a bug free OS? I hate
Win95 with a fucken god inspired passion and zeal. I had a crash on my
laptop that required me to re-install drivers and shit for my display
because win95 decided to delete them for some reason. What the fuck is
that!? Fuck MS. Fuck them and Bill and his ugly wife. Well, that's my
outburst for the day.
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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