MacWorld UK reports that Microsoft used Macintosh Office users as guinea pigs for Office features; the company also considered killing the product entirely in order to damage Apple. This is what happens when one is beholden to proprietary software. After all, Apple can test features out on its users, too. The only way to be free is to use free software.
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MacWorld UK reports that Microsoft used Macintosh Office users as guinea pigs for Office features; the company also considered killing the product entirely in order to damage Apple. This is what happens when one is beholden to proprietary software. After all, Apple can test features out on its users, too. The only way to be free is to use free software.
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Industry maven Michael Malone believes that there’s something rotten in Redmond — could Microsoft be on the beginning of its long slow descent?
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Industry maven Michael Malone believes that there’s something rotten in Redmond — could Microsoft be on the beginning of its long slow descent?
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Fed up with worms, viruses, spam and spyware, people are giving up their computers, or at least giving up the Internet. Well, that’s what they get using Windows. If you stick a petri dish out in an influenza ward, you’re gonna grow junk; if you stick a vat of Lysol out there you won’t.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t get worms; I don’t get viruses; I don’t get infested with spyware.
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Fed up with worms, viruses, spam and spyware, people are giving up their computers, or at least giving up the Internet. Well, that’s what they get using Windows. If you stick a petri dish out in an influenza ward, you’re gonna grow junk; if you stick a vat of Lysol out there you won’t.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t get worms; I don’t get viruses; I don’t get infested with spyware.
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Dave Fancella’s wife had more difficulty installing Windows than Linux. A good read, with some interesting points, most notably that the Windows install made her feel unintelligent, but the Mandrake Linux install made her happy.
07 February 2018: updated with new link
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Dave Fancella’s wife had more difficulty installing Windows than Linux. A good read, with some interesting points, most notably that the Windows install made her feel unintelligent, but the Mandrake Linux install made her happy.
07 February 2018: updated with new link
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Windows is so insecure that it’s impossible to secure it; in the time between installation on the net and downloading vital patches, it will already have been infected. Friends don’t let friends do Windows.
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Windows is so insecure that it’s impossible to secure it; in the time between installation on the net and downloading vital patches, it will already have been infected. Friends don’t let friends do Windows.
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Cringely writes on how greatly Microsoft misunderstands the free software movement. A worthy read.
04 February 2018: updated URL
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Cringely writes on how greatly Microsoft misunderstands the free software movement. A worthy read.
04 February 2018: updated URL
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