Re: Complain against MIcrosoft!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

-Microsoft Software Sucks writes ...
> 
> Are you tired of the Microsoft Monopoly?
>

     Not especially. So long as we are faced with an industry which, for 
practical purposes, supports a single platform, it is just as well to have 
a standard OS.

 
> Sick of Microsoft giving away its software for free, choking off its
> competitors?

     No. If Microsoft's competitors are having problems, they should adopt 
better strategies. For example, if IBM wants to sell an OS, then, IBM 
should offer a high-performance non-PC home machine at a reasonable price. 
If IBM insists upon battling Microsoft in the PC market, then let them 
offer a much better OS at dirt-cheap prices. ...


> 
> Tired of Microsoft "dumping its software" on the market?
>

     No. Why should any user oppose reasonable pricing of good, 
well-supported software?


> Fed up with Microsoft not publishing its APIs so only it knows about and
> uses them?
>

     If this is a problem, then, maybe, IBM or Borland could make some 
headway against Microsoft by releasing a superior OS which includes better 
documentation.

 
> Altering industry standards (such as Java) to suit its own needs to
> direct the market? ....
>

     When you dominate a market, you get to set standards. That's 'the 
biz'. Competitors who find this difficult to deal with will need to reduce 
Microsoft's domination of the PC market or create a new market centered 
around a new machine.


Rubywand