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MaggieL · 12-06-2002, 02:00 PM

Gates is giving all of his money to the poor, and MSFT is always ethical and honest.

Except for the Java licence.

Oh, and Stacker.

And Netscape...

And... and...

Sooner or later, *everyone* MSFT embraces as a "busness partner" (including "customers") gets screwed. No exceptions.

It's a bit like a casino; there's a house percentage and the only winners are those who cash out immediately after a big win. The rest take it up the ass eventually. That includes those bearing a string of shell-game certifications....they are viewed as "food" too. When they start paying by-the-drink for proprietary development tools they may begin to understand. :-)

But of course, this is how business is done, isn't it?

Maybe. But the developer communities (well, execpt the kids who got free .NET infomercials desguised as for-credit courses) are maturing enough to see whose stewardship of technical standards can and can't be trusted.

12-06-2002, 02:00 PM	#200
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Gates is giving all of his money to the poor, and MSFT is always ethical and honest. Except for the Java licence. Oh, and Stacker. And Netscape... And... and... Sooner or later, everyone MSFT embraces as a "busness partner" (including "customers") gets screwed. No exceptions. It's a bit like a casino; there's a house percentage and the only winners are those who cash out immediately after a big win. The rest take it up the ass eventually. That includes those bearing a string of shell-game certifications....they are viewed as "food" too. When they start paying by-the-drink for proprietary development tools they may begin to understand. :-) But of course, this is how business is done, isn't it? Maybe. But the developer communities (well, execpt the kids who got free .NET infomercials desguised as for-credit courses) are maturing enough to see whose stewardship of technical standards can and can't be trusted. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."