Comments on: The Economist Slams Vista 8 http://techrights.org/2013/05/28/the-economist/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: lozz http://techrights.org/2013/05/28/the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-135133 Wed, 29 May 2013 21:14:46 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=69000#comment-135133 I’d have to question whether they’ve posted any sort of honest profit since the introduction of Vista 1, maybe before that, even.

By that stage OpenOffice must have been cutting into their other major cash stream, as well.

They were certainly dunning taxpayers with major government contracts gained through corruption.

Australia was just one example of that. We’re only just deciding that odf might be a better option, now.

]]> By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2013/05/28/the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-135122 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:20:16 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=69000#comment-135122 One form of government subsidies, funnelled from taxpayers to nationally-identified and strategic (e.g. for surveillance and power) companies (like arms contracts), is giving them lucrative government deals — grossly overpriced even (without clear disclosure) — with no consideration of alternatives. This is where political corruption truly pays of for businesspeople.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2013/05/28/the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-135121 Wed, 29 May 2013 17:12:28 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=69000#comment-135121 It should be mentioned that M$ is turning a loss nowadays even after Enron-style accounting:

http://www.wired.com/business/2012/07/microsofts-first-ever-loss-doesnt-faze/

Sadly, they are able to bluff their way through many situations and in many others their power is political and ideological more than economic.

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