Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?

[Travis Riddle]

Whoops that's not per year, that's since the inception of the program.  Sorry, my bad, 7 Billion since 1994.  I guess they do suck.

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> On Behalf Of Travis Riddle
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 10:47 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Re: Does "Micro$oft" sucks...?
> 
> > For in that uncaring I find many of the things wrong with this world.
> 
> To make this somewhat on topic I fully appreciate what the Fedora project
> and the thousands of OSS enthusiasts that release/support/enhance open
> source software are doing for the computing industry, and I applaud them.
> I just think that maybe there are other good things in the world as well.
> 
> For example (and to stay off topic a bit):
> 
> Last year alone the Gates Foundation donated a tad over 7,000,000,000 to
> various medical and educational programs.  Count the zero's my friend.
> 
> I fully realize that they price gouge and everything they stand for is
> against OSS, but 7 billion donated to the world's future each year.
> That's not a bad thing.
> 
> Check them out, www.gatesfoundation.org.
> 
> Please don't reply to this forum if you have to bash me, email me
> personally @ shepmagoo at yahoo.com.  I probably won't reply, but we don't
> need to pollute the list any further.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com]
> > On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz
> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 9:38 PM
> > To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> > Subject: OT: Re: Does "Micro$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
> 
> 
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