Comments on: Reader’s Article: What Makes Microsoft’s Business Unethical

By: Sabayon User

Sabayon User — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:31:56 +0000

Are you aware of (or met) people whose job is to scan and disrupt online communities like Slashdot?

I believe you know one as well.

Washington-based spinners

Bonus points: your friend twitter referenced in the previous link logs on to your IRC channel from an IP located in Seattle. I heart this, BTW. Everyone west of the Mississippi works for Microsoft, everyone east of the Mississippi works for Novell and everyone in Germany is an openSUSE community member. You've narrowed your potential pool of alleged "shills" to just 400 million or so.

By: lalala

lalala — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:13:10 +0000

Roy, it’s funny how you accuse others others of avoiding questions when you do the exact same thing.

By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger

David "Lefty" Schlesinger — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:03:55 +0000

"We can place you in Queens on the night of the highjacking..." "Really? I live in Queens."

—Christopher McQuarry and Kevin Pollak as "Cop" and "Todd Hockney" in The Usual Suspects Roy, I happen to know for a fact that a lot of people live in Washington. Their doing that and also happening to take issue with the things you say--and there are plenty of things to take issue with--is not a reliable indicator of membership in some sort of Vast Conspiracy. If commenters are taking issue with things, I'd personally suspect it might have more to do with a propensity to make wild claims without evidence to support them, an unwillingness to make meaningful corrections when it's been demonstrated unequivocally that you're wrong, and a tendency to engage in personal attacks of the cheapest sort. But that's just me, mind you.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:06:09 +0000

OK, thanks.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:59:38 +0000

No, I don’t know any of them individually.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:56:14 +0000

Are you aware of (or met) people whose job is to scan and disrupt online communities like Slashdot?

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:47:35 +0000

What are the questions? I am willing to answer them.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:42:19 +0000

But you’re avoiding the questions.

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:26:13 +0000

Yep, I am sure there is a lot of shills on BN.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:23:55 +0000

Yes, we've had issues with Washington-based spinners recently. We have reasons to suspect that Yuhong too is among those "spinners". See this and this from the 20th.

By: Slated

Slated — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:02:21 +0000

Vista is “not that bad”?

LOL!

Read this:

http://slated.org/vista_is_worlds_most_expensive_spyware

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:32:14 +0000

People have already spoken about Vista "sucking".

By: Omar Abdul-Hafez

Omar Abdul-Hafez — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:21:35 +0000

QUOTE: “I don’t think Vista and 7 are that bad.”

Ya know what? That’s true!
Especially when you find out that approximately 0% of the firms and organizations around the whole world have migrated to it (excluding ignorant MS-o-holic societies like Jordan).

By: Yuhong Bao

Yuhong Bao — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:27:37 +0000

I don’t think Vista and 7 are that bad, but I definitely agree on MS’s unethical business practices. And do you know how MS got it’s monopoly in the first place? Only because DR dropped the ball, not because it’s MS-DOS was technically superior or even innovative, in fact MS bought it from SCP.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:43:33 +0000

This one is better.

By: pcolon

pcolon — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:17:31 +0000

Links and quotes from Comes vs. Microsoft, Holloween docs and other corresponding data inserted in the appropriate paragraphs would also help towards better detailing and stronger argument.

Nevertheless, it’s a good “write up” to counter consumer apathy and a great starting point.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:53:36 +0000

This is the best article i have seen yet, detailing Microsoft’s business practices written short, & to the point.

i would like to send this to my state senator along with a request to start a congressional investigation in to Microsoft’s shenanagans.