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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:18 pm
by Nestor
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:50 am
by krizrox
Everyone likes to blame Bill Gates. Maybe he deserves some of the blame.
I believe the OS is not the main problem but buggy, poorly written applications.
But it doesn't end there. There are way too many hardware variables on top of all that. If you stop to consider all the variables for a second, it's amazing this shit works at all
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 2:06 pm
by Nestor
What impresses me much is that about end of 2004 we are going to have 1.000.000.000 PCs in the world... and about 50% of them will be at people's home!
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:22 pm
by Spirit
This may be an unpopular view, but Bill Gates is a real humanitarian. He gives away hundreds of millions of dollars every year to all sorts of charities and good causes all around the world - and with very little PR.
If every corporate boss was as generous this world would be a much better place.
This is not to say I like everything that Microsoft does, but I do think it's too easy just to malign Gates.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:16 pm
by astroman
first of all this is not humanitarian, but to polish tax balances - though he (M$) hardly ever pay their debts properly, afaik
second it is for winning new customers, once those get an economically better position
and finally someone initiating that DRM / Palladium bullsh*t can't ever be called humanitarian
I accept his business talents, no doubt, but imho money isn't a challenge for him anymore.
He's after control and power - but again, customers put M$ in it's current position...
Tom
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:18 pm
by bassdude
I don't have anything against Bill Gates personally, but I don't think much of the Microsoft machine. "Freedom to innovate"? I've seen very little innovation from big business. I've seen a lot of innovation from small companies - bought up by big business. Windows XP, the first true pre-emptive multitasking 32bit windows OS for the home user (win95/98/me had a form of pre-emptive multitasking but only for 32bit apps). 1985 saw the introduction of the AmigaOS, a fully pre-emptive multitasking 32bit OS for the home user. When I think of microsoft I think of "10 years behind where we should be!".
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:33 pm
by Nestor
I whish people like Creamware would have just 5% of the economic situation of M$, you'll see what creative minds could come up with...
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 8:43 pm
by astroman
watch out, Nestor - see what became of Apple Computers
