On Tue, 5 Jun 2018 23:47:51 -0700, Jimmy wrote in message <eae88bca-ab8c-0b95-fb31-bf5274778...@gmail.com>:
> On 06/05/2018 09:52 PM, Mark Rousell wrote: > > On 06/06/2018 05:37, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> I'm speaking for myself. Mark you use the word hate a lot in your > >> post, that's a microsoft mentality, they venomously hate linux, > >> yesterday and today. > > > > There is considerable venomous hatred from some here for Microsoft, > > too. Note that it is entirely possible that this hatred of > > Microsoft is justified. In fact I know it *is* understandable for > > many things that Microsoft has done. But the key point in this > > particular context is that it does exist. > > > > And so I use the word "hate" in this context solely because it the > > *correct word*. > > > > I say again that I understand this hatred for Microsoft. ...as all the really good and expensive lobbyists do. ;o) > > I think I get it, what you're saying, you think we are being childish > and trowing a tantrum. You think we are not being logical. Mad, > angry, annoyed, irritated are logical but hatred is in no way logical. ..I find it logical, if somewhat vitriolic, it is after all reflective hatred and comes from 1'st party experience, unless you're wise enough to learn from other people's experiences, it is after all, all part of the due diligence you should have done instead. > > It's just not > > an attitude that I share, despite also despising many of the things > > that Microsoft has done or is still doing (you mentioned Windows > > 10's spyware and this is one of the things that angers me). Nor am > > I a particular fan of Microsoft. > > > Nope, wasn't me. I DO hang with people who develop and talk all > aspects of windows, but I'm retired and have not used, worked on or > own windows 10, but what I do think is that the operating system > itself, including it's safe-boot are malware. It's now close to > 20yrs since microsoft announced,(if you have windows installed) "we > own your computer". All they need to do now is get your social > security number and take the money out of your bank for the illegal > install of windows on a persons computer. Can they do that? ..grey area, by law, nope most places, but then there's that "third party software" language in their EULAs that most people click "Ok" thru on without reading that small print on ownership of their "own" daughter's virginity etc, etc, etc. > I simply try to be dispassionate when analysing businesses > > and business dealings. > > > As you say it's just business. So Bill Gates is in pharmaceuticals > now and he's a humanitarian for curing disease some place out of the > usa in small poor foreign countries, what a guy! Truth be told, he > could not get permission to test the drug here in the usa. But media > made it read just like another microsoft commercial and what the > public sees. Yes, what a guy, what a business model. ..also makes him "a nice guy" in politics and gave him access to Norwegian oil money. He' good at this, he grew up in a family of lawyers. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
