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New Pope Lambasts Greed
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/19/2013 9:00 AM, BAR wrote:
In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Microsoft had to be pulled kicking and screaming to network their computers. Does anyone remember Novell. Yeah... we took Inco Limited and moved it from token rings, to a Novell system with Windows... |
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says... On 5/19/2013 9:00 AM, BAR wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Microsoft had to be pulled kicking and screaming to network their computers. Does anyone remember Novell. Yeah... we took Inco Limited and moved it from token rings, to a Novell system with Windows... Okay, want me to tell you what is factually wrong about THAT lie? |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
In article , says...
In article , says... On 5/19/2013 9:00 AM, BAR wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Microsoft had to be pulled kicking and screaming to network their computers. Does anyone remember Novell. Yeah... we took Inco Limited and moved it from token rings, to a Novell system with Windows... Okay, want me to tell you what is factually wrong about THAT lie? What is the lie? |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. The Govt. is in the monopoly creating business now. They have whittled the trucking industry engine builders down to one, Cummins. Good job EPA |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 7:29 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? The typists and photoshoppers like apple for it's simplicity. |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/2013 10:00 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence But still, inconvenient sure.. I mean, a watch chip can run a rocket ship after all... But "who's needs are not being met"? |
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New Pope Lambasts Greed
On 5/16/13 10:09 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:
On 5/16/2013 10:00 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 07:29:08 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:16 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:10 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:58 -0400, wrote: Most of his life was devoted to crushing any competition and maintaining his monopoly. ==== And he was very good at that. Very very good. Greedy? Absolutely, but that was the driving force that made WINDOWS the most popular operating system of all time, and made PC technology and the internet accessible by virtually everyone regardlesss of technical expertise. No small accomplishment. It required brilliant vision, dedicated leadership and focus, not to mention a huge amount of work. Unfortunately it was like the phone company. Not much real innovation came out of Redmond Washington. If there was a good idea from a competitor that Gates liked, he simply bought that company. If he didn't like it, he crushed the company. We ended up with the bloated OS we have today that tries to be all things to all people and does not really address anyone's actual needs. Like all monopolies, they dominate because they are virtually the only game in town. Between Windoze and Androis, who's "needs" are not being met? I don't know much about android but PC users might want an OS that will run a week or two without a reboot, either from a crash or an update. They would also like one with a stable API so you don't need to update your OS for the next big thing, usually requiring a new machine.. Windoze is the last vestige of planned obsolescence But still, inconvenient sure.. I mean, a watch chip can run a rocket ship after all... But "who's needs are not being met"? Users who don't like glutware, or dealing with a non-English speaking clerk who has been taught that all tech support consists of reading off a script. The few times I have called Apple for tech support, I've gotten competent people who speak English as well as I do and know how to work their way through a support tree, and who are customer oriented. |
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