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    SubjectRe: Uncle Sam Wants YOU!
    Paul Mundt wrote:

    >On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:35:24PM -0400, Adam Schrotenboer wrote:
    >
    >>So as a user you are free to not use M$ products.
    >>What if you are IT. Then you do not have a choice.
    >>
    >You always have a choice, work elsewhere. If you're in a position where you're
    >working with MS products, you were the one who made the decision to do so.
    >MS is not at fault, claiming so is childish.
    >
    >>When Win95 came out, I finally got to hate M$. Then I discovered Linux
    >>and now I have a great dislike for M$ and their products.
    >>
    >This makes absolutely no sense. You didn't have a problem with MS originally,
    >but as soon as Win95 came out you instantly hated them? A few issues with an
    >OS are hardly valid grounds for "hating" a company.
    >
    A few issues, yeah right. I have had many problems. Much of my hatred
    has to do with their bundling.

    >
    >Also, I don't see how once you discovered Linux your hatred for MS grew. This
    >also makes very little sense. If you were sitting there using MS products of
    >your own accord, discovered a new system, and then migrated to the other
    >system, that's hardly a reason to demand the head of Gates because you somehow
    >feel you are being "forced" (of your own accord) to use their products.
    >
    It didn't grow b/c of that. Never assume.

    >
    >Get real, look at all the moronic things that various linux distributions do.
    >Is this a reason to hate linux and demand the head of Linus as compensation
    >for your troubles?
    >
    >This kind of attitude, and you wonder why MS attacks linux.
    >
    Why would that make MS afraid of Linux. It should simply make them
    ignore them (b/c presumably this would make Linux harmless)

    >
    >
    >>I appreciate that as a user you may have a choice. As a tech or MIS/IT,
    >>I don't have a choice. As such I believe that I have been "damaged" by M$.
    >>
    >Oh please, next you'll be blaming world hunger on MS because third world
    >countries can't afford licenses of win2k.
    >
    There's always theft too, but that's beside the point. Actually, maybe
    M$ causes world hunger because its tools for management are crap, or
    maybe BillGates is a Habbalite. (xref In Nomine).

    >
    >Regards,
    >



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