Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?

[Travis Riddle]

> For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world.

To make this somewhat on topic I fully appreciate what the Fedora project and the thousands of OSS enthusiasts that release/support/enhance open source software are doing for the computing industry, and I applaud them.  I just think that maybe there are other good things in the world as well.

For example (and to stay off topic a bit):

Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000 to various medical and educational programs.  Count the zero's my friend.

I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for is against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each year.  That's not a bad thing.

Check them out, www.gatesfoundation.org.

Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me, email me personally @ shepmagoo at yahoo.com.  I probably won't reply, but we don't need to pollute the list any further.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:38 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: OT: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?
> 
> At 02:52 2/23/2004, you wrote:
> >Microsoft may suck, but as long as you get some buck$ (or â'¬uros) for
> it,
> >who cares?
> 
> I care.
> 
> I care for others, so I care that the entire world gets screwed, and that
> some people consider that "as long as they get some bucks, who cares?"
> 
> I care for those "less fortunate," and so I care that 90% of the world's
> population does not have access to a computer and that the monopolistic
> pricing with which Microsoft is gouging those of us who *can* pay are
> preventing that number from dropping.
> 
> I care for those in less-wealthy countries, having to take out a loan to
> buy a computer to try to do business, or keep their job, or educate their
> kids, when Microsoft has roughly $45,000,000,000 in CASH at the time, not
> counting any other assets or ongoing profit. That's over $200 for every
> man, woman, and child in the USA, or roughly $9 for every human being on
> Earth... and for some of those humans, $9 is riches beyond belief.
> 
> I care for my business, which makes more of a profit (or avoids suffering
> losses) when not forced to pay Microsoft more for their software than I
> paid for the actual computers. I care for my stockholders, who chose to
> invest in ME and to whom I owe the responsibility of making their money
> work as hard as possible.
> 
> I care that Microsoft's behavior has consistently been proven (not shown,
> proven in a court of law) to be unethical, and I care that the US
> government seems disinclined to do anything about it.
> 
> I care that I lose work, time, blood, toil, sweat, tears, and money every
> time a Microsoft computer crashes.
> 
> I care that some (like you, Alex?) may be too uninformed, uninterested, or
> unintelligent to see why they should care.
> 
> I care that many choose not to care.
> 
> For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world.
> 
> 
> --
> Rodolfo J. Paiz
> rpaiz at simpaticus.com
> http://www.simpaticus.com