Who Supports the War(s)

[Radar]

You mean you don't have some spare 486 laying around, or a couple other boxes you could cannibalize? Linux doesn't need much, ya know. You wouldn't even need a monitor or keyboard; just SSH in.

No, at the moment I've just got this one box. It sucks. But Linux is sweet. You can install it on a toaster. It's very robust and has a lot of great features. Plus most of the software for Linux is opensource freeware. Very sweet.

Gates is giving all of his money to the poor, and MSFT is always ethical and honest.

Except for the Java licence.

Oh, and Stacker.

And Netscape...

And... and...

Microsoft didn't do anything unethical with Netscape.


[quote]It's a bit like a casino; there's a house percentage and the only winners are those who cash out immediately after a big win. The rest take it up the ass eventually.[/qoute]

I was a casino craps dealer in Las Vegas for 6 years. And one thing I'll tell you is nobody forces anyone to play. And nobody forces them to play in the Microsoft casino. There are plenty of places to play.

Maybe. But the developer communities (well, execpt the kids who got free .NET infomercials desguised as for-credit courses) are maturing enough to see whose stewardship of technical standards can and can't be trusted.

The technical standards Microsoft uses aren't created by Microsoft. They are just adopted and promoted by Microsoft and are above reproach when it comes to trust.