__/ [ ilzogoiby@xxxxxxxxx ] on Sunday 03 June 2007 23:04 \__
> On Jun 1, 7:09 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> http://zarquon.biz/weblog/?p=154
>>
>> "Yes, son? no IE, no editor... so, if you are persistent and still want to
>> run Firefox (or simply if you use Linux), you are condemned to edit your
>> wiki using... guess what... no wiki markup!"
>>
>> Sharepointand Firefox: no rich editor for you
>>
>> ,----[ From the comment ]
>> | I am "forced" to useSharepointat work, but at least I'd like
>> | to use my Linux machine to write wiki pages. These guys at MS
>> | definitely don't know what they're doing...
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.timheuer.com/blog/archive/2006/12/06/13939.aspx
>>
>> Yesterday:
>>
>> Steve Ballmer live from D 2007
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | [Steve Ballmer:] Some things should only work on Windows...
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/30/steve-ballmer-live-from-d-2007/
>
> I reaffirm what I said before... they definitely don't know what
> they're doing...
/Au contraire/. They know too well what they are doing.
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| Wow, this is absolutely devastating! As near as I can tell, the poor
| guy at Microsoft has been trying to support open standards against
| management. He doesn't say much about the history, i.e. the fact that
| Microsoft didn't do anything with IE until they were recently forced to
| by Firefox competition. The feedback is amazing. Example:
|
| Quote:
| -------------
| So if you believe that the reason for IE's lack of standards support is
| something other than malice of forethought to strangle other browsers,
| you are wrong. If you have followed the anti-trust trial you would have
| seen the actual evidence for these decisions. Microsoft is an
| anti-competitive company run by unethical shitheads.
|
| This won't change until the workforce is slashed and the entire company
| culture changes. Steve Ballmer is the king of the shitheads, so when he
| goes things might get better. But until then, expect MS to only do the
| absolute minimum to defuse the worst criticism. Remember my words:
| unethical shitheads.
| -------------
| End quote
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http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/cc1ad063dcc0400d
Also see this leaked E-mail (antitrust exhibit):
,----[ Quote ]
| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1998 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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