____/ [H]omer on Sunday 22 July 2007 19:34 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> | Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for
>> | Microsoft. "Ruthless" is good. The company is built in the image
>> | of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who gets caught-up in the game of
>> | business and doesn't typically see its personal cost. To use what
>> | might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the various
>> | partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
>> | through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | specification. There have been literally dozens of these
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | operations that are intended solely to freeze the competition
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | until Microsoft can figure what the heck it actually wants to
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> | do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them compete but to
>> | ^^
>> | customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
>> | plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I
>> | represent the concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft
>> | ^^^^^^^^^
>> | doesn't really care about users.
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> `----
>>
>> http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
>
> Just one of Microsoft's never-ending list of unscrupulous business
> practises. Is anyone even surprised by this any more? More to the point,
> is there anyone with the balls or the power to stop them?
Remember the threats Neelie was getting when she criticised the behemoth? I can
get you some brow-raising links to articles if you want. Microsoft is mafia
culture.
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