I'm going to boycott Micro$oft, will you?

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Originally Posted by sarnell2

i love all the Microsoft haters out there...i work in IT for a big pharma company...if it weren't for Microsoft our business would be about 20 years behind

Agreed. This blind hatred of "all things M$" or "Bill Gates" just comes across as envy. Every big company has faults, and every product its pitfalls. But they have done some good, and certainly deserve credit for advancing technology by leaps and bounds over the last 20 years (altho this is sometimes accomplished by showing the world what NOT to do).

Gates is a filthy-rich geek who is more of a spokesman than a director. More power to him. He isn't the harbinger of death. He is barely aware of what every branch of that company does... they have a million execs, hundreds of projects, and the left hand is seldom aware of the right. And the work he does with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation brings him up a lot higher on the karmic wheel than many of these "haters".

Sorry if you don't agree, but do some soul searching... it's not like Bill Gates killed your puppy or something. Microsoft didn't cause the Holocaust. I'm a diehard Mac user and avoid Windoze when I can, but live and let live. You'll be much happier.