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Microsoft snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory
After having successfully bilked hundreds of billions of dollars from the world which they are swinging by the tail, they launch a campaign of hate against their customers with activation in XP and then thumb their nose at their customers with WGA. Not being satisfied with the level of pain they have inflicted, they turn up the volume by incorporating WGA into the core of Vista and accentuate their egotistical arrogance by integrating DRM into the beast they call Vista. Then they tie it all together by ratcheting down their EULA (license) until their users (formerly known as customers) cry Uncle.

Just like the Roman Empire, now they begin their slow decline into oblivion, while their leaders run to and fro wondering what they could further do to prevent their users (former customers) from using the IP which they have paid for.

Looks like wealth and power imparts a mental condition which causes the rich and powerful to forget where and how they got their wealth and power, unless they were born into a family of the buzzards, in which case they would not have known anything to forget to begin with.

And so it goes...........
Posted by: Ole Man   Posted on: 11/01/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Man, feel free to ignore Longhorn altogether. OpenOffice and Linux are  DonnieBoy | 11/11/05
Looking better  us_forums@... | 05/28/07
Just a collection of new lock-in technology, not much exciting in Lonhorn.  DonnieBoy | 11/11/05
And, Linux is improving at a much faster rate, by the time Longhorn  DonnieBoy | 11/11/05
That's because Linux has so much farther to go in usability  happyharry_z | 11/12/05
Linux is already just as usable as Window, it is just that everybody is  DonnieBoy | 11/12/05
Tell that to my father  rpmyers1 | 11/12/05
Fathers and Grannies  broper | 11/12/05
Vista/Longhorn = ripoff  jobert48@... | 11/12/05
RE: "Vista/Longhorn = ripoff"  ajapierce | 11/12/05
Gartner + their open mouth = free heating for the winter  Boot_Agnostic | 11/12/05
Yes, they are the king of stating the obvious, everybody knew this.  DonnieBoy | 11/12/05
I wasn't saying it was obvious  Boot_Agnostic | 11/13/05
'beloved' IBM father?  george_ou | 11/13/05
What a troll...  markgros@... | 11/13/05
'beloved' IBM father?  george_ou | 11/13/05
Creative FUD  markgros@... | 11/13/05
And in the meantime???  Mihi Nomen Est | 11/12/05
Microsoft snatches defeat out of the jaws of victory  Ole Man | 11/01/07

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