Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?

Raghu Vadapalli vze269th at verizon.net
Tue Feb 24 22:09:54 UTC 2004


I think that's what they call "cover up" of all the "bad" things do. Of
course they are going to get good amount of Tax cut for their donations
too. So that's not a bad thing for them too...

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 13:05, Travis Riddle wrote:

> Whoops that's not per year, that's since the inception of the program.  Sorry, my bad, 7 Billion since 1994.  I guess they do suck.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]
> > On Behalf Of Travis Riddle
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:47 AM
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: RE: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?
> > 
> > > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world.
> > 
> > To make this somewhat on topic I fully appreciate what the Fedora project
> > and the thousands of OSS enthusiasts that release/support/enhance open
> > source software are doing for the computing industry, and I applaud them.
> > I just think that maybe there are other good things in the world as well.
> > 
> > For example (and to stay off topic a bit):
> > 
> > Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000 to
> > various medical and educational programs.  Count the zero's my friend.
> > 
> > I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for is
> > against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each year.
> > That's not a bad thing.
> > 
> > Check them out, www.gatesfoundation.org.
> > 
> > Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me, email me
> > personally @ shepmagoo at yahoo.com.  I probably won't reply, but we don't
> > need to pollute the list any further.
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]
> > > On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
> > > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:38 PM
> > > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > > Subject: OT: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?
> > >
> > > At 02:52 2/23/2004, you wrote:
> > > >Microsoft may suck, but as long as you get some buck$ (or â'¬uros) for
> > > it,
> > > >who cares?
> > >
> > > I care.
> > >
> > > I care for others, so I care that the entire world gets screwed, and
> > that
> > > some people consider that "as long as they get some bucks, who cares?"
> > >
> > > I care for those "less fortunate," and so I care that 90% of the world's
> > > population does not have access to a computer and that the monopolistic
> > > pricing with which Microsoft is gouging those of us who *can* pay are
> > > preventing that number from dropping.
> > >
> > > I care for those in less-wealthy countries, having to take out a loan to
> > > buy a computer to try to do business, or keep their job, or educate
> > their
> > > kids, when Microsoft has roughly $45,000,000,000 in CASH at the time,
> > not
> > > counting any other assets or ongoing profit. That's over $200 for every
> > > man, woman, and child in the USA, or roughly $9 for every human being on
> > > Earth... and for some of those humans, $9 is riches beyond belief.
> > >
> > > I care for my business, which makes more of a profit (or avoids
> > suffering
> > > losses) when not forced to pay Microsoft more for their software than I
> > > paid for the actual computers. I care for my stockholders, who chose to
> > > invest in ME and to whom I owe the responsibility of making their money
> > > work as hard as possible.
> > >
> > > I care that Microsoft's behavior has consistently been proven (not
> > shown,
> > > proven in a court of law) to be unethical, and I care that the US
> > > government seems disinclined to do anything about it.
> > >
> > > I care that I lose work, time, blood, toil, sweat, tears, and money
> > every
> > > time a Microsoft computer crashes.
> > >
> > > I care that some (like you, Alex?) may be too uninformed, uninterested,
> > or
> > > unintelligent to see why they should care.
> > >
> > > I care that many choose not to care.
> > >
> > > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Rodolfo J. Paiz
> > > rpaiz at simpaticus.com
> > > http://www.simpaticus.com
> > 
> > 
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