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Without MS them the industry would be petty
You have to take the good with the bad they have brought so much attention to IT in general that any bad stuff or anti competitive nature is nothing compared to what they have achieved for computing and technology in general. Imagine there was no MS and we have 64 different flavours of OS and so many DEV code bases they industry would a wash with crap. They might suck at some things but have saved us being beholden to something say China or India could produce they would not give up one secret like MS has done lately.

I think all this hype about what they did in the past is gone its meaningless there is enough energy in products like Linux and so on to not let MS do what they did no more so they are forced to compete and innovate isn?t that a great thing for IT and technology in general.
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You are right but............  serguti2@... | 08/30/04
They are getting better?  dave95 | 08/30/04
spaghetti code?!?  psychodave | 09/02/04
Eager to see Longhorn released !  Prognosticator | 08/30/04
You must be in MSFT marketing  Chad_z | 08/30/04
Nope.  Prognosticator | 08/30/04
Sea Change?  alterego_z | 08/30/04
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Stoopidity  Jareth | 09/07/04
Burn in H*LL Bill, Burn in H*LL !!!  realitycheck101 | 08/30/04
Without MS them the industry would be petty  simonettaj | 08/30/04
Burn in H*LL Bill, Burn in H*LL !!!  CodeBubba | 09/02/04
I hope the meeting goes well.  Anton Philidor | 08/30/04
Re: I hope the meeting goes well.  P. Douglas | 08/30/04
Why mess?  techboy_z | 08/30/04
What do we know about WinFS?  Anton Philidor | 08/30/04
Right on Anton!  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
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so DELAY already, no one cares  V Sanders | 08/30/04
No one cares...  Jomo_z | 08/30/04
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It's called "protection money".. all the great mobsters did it.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/30/04
Hi Bill  ParadigmOdyssey | 08/30/04
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WinFS renamed: drmOS  techboy_z | 08/30/04
Call me dumb, but I don't get it  Fred Fredrickson | 08/30/04
If its based on meta data it'll be a flop for sure ...  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
Not a good comparison.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 08/30/04
Whoa!  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
The only thing "heaping steam"lined is the stuff in this article  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/30/04
By the time MS releases longhorn  chiwawa | 08/30/04
Linux has an answer for WinFS  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
re: Linux  Iain_Peters | 08/30/04
Linux? Ill pass  benf_z | 09/01/04
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A good bet is still a bet.  Anton Philidor | 08/30/04
Bad lunch day....  techboy_z | 08/30/04
Another question to ask Bill  Iain_Peters | 08/30/04
Unnecessary question  Anton Philidor | 08/30/04
Users will have only ONE right ? to buy it. (NT)  Vily Clay | 08/30/04
Translation: Longhorn Delayed until 2007  Harry Bardal | 08/30/04
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That's what many consumers will be asking  dave95 | 08/30/04
I hate to say, "I told you so," but...  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 08/30/04
Wrong!  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
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I disagree.  allen_n | 09/02/04
Ufff! They never learn!  axlmad | 09/06/04
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