Will, you better set the hook, I think you got a bite! ;-)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/21/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Baudouin</b> <<a href="mailto:andrewmb@gmail.com">andrewmb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Will Hill wrote:<br><br>>Thanks Dustin, I'm glad there's a space for politics here. When I feel like a
<br>>technical problem has roots in poor moral or bad laws, this is the place to<br>>take it. Tolerance of bad business practices and poor morals hurts everyone<br>>and creates a society where everyone is open to abuse. Bad technology, in
<br>>turn, aids people who want to abuse their neighbors.<br>><br>><br>Railing against the tolerance of bad business practice is one thing.<br>Making statements as to the usability of a particular OS given said<br>
business practices is another thing entirely. None of the<br>aforementioned belong on a tech list.<br><br>>I'll also take criticisms of Microsoft products here too. It seems that there<br>>are many people who take these criticisms personally. The responses I've
<br>>gotten for saying things like, "XP is unusable" have no place of a tech list.<br>>Yet, Microsoft and other closed source software companies make life miserable<br>>for everyone and they deserve censure.
<br>><br>><br>"XP is unusuable" is a ridiculous comment. I have no qualms about<br>letting you know that.<br><br>Microsoft provides software and services for a cost. A business or a<br>person has the obligation to compare its needs to that which Microsoft
<br>meets with their software. If they choose to invest, great. If they<br>choose not to, then great also.<br><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Politics mailing list<br>><a href="mailto:Politics@brlug.net">
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