--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> MS are convicted felons in both the US and EU but they dragged out and were
> able to avoid much in the way of penalties. Now it is old history and most
> people have forgotten and forgiven.
> They have not changed their behavior unfortunately.
> They are becoming increasingly irrelevant and desperately need a winner
> despite their wealth. They used to be the most respected brand and now are
> barely in the top ten. Apple has eclipsed them in so many ways. As desktop
> PCs fade and their server market declines they will be in trouble.
> They have had few successes and are slow to respond to change.
> It is usually too little and too late.
> People buy their OS because they don't know any better or have no choice and
> not because they want to. Compare that to Apple where out has a cult like
> following.
>
> Roy
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You may think so, the guy on the street might think so, even Microsoft's legal department may think so, but the law never forgets! That case will be on the books until there is no country left for there to be books in. By then it won't really matter will it?
Oh and people don't "buy" their OSes they come "free" with a new PC don't they? You and I may know this isn't true but most do not.
Apple fans had parallels in history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
Another zealous group that had odd fashion sense and wasn't comfortable with technology.
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