At 9:53 PM +0100 9/15/08, Stut wrote:
As for Microsoft (will people please stop screwing with their name,
it's impolite), they've certainly made some bad choices over the
years and Windows has suffered for it.
I screw with the M$ name because I don't like them!
It's not due to their questionable business practices that ultimately
ended Gates in front of Congress answering questions; or running
Netscape out of business; or the hundreds of other instances of them
being a dick, but rather what they did to *me*.
You see, many years ago M$ developed and provided QuickBasic for the
Mac. Myself and hundreds of other developers devoted our livelihoods
to that product.
Then one day, M$ sent out notice that they would no longer support
QuickBasic and that was the end of that. All of our current, and past
work, was on a dead-end street. We were left to fend for ourselves.
Imagine if PHP suddenly stopped development and you had to find a
different language (i.e., ruby). Sure we could all do it, but we
picked this language for a reason and now we have to choose again --
and perhaps that choice was our second choice. I don't like being
forced to settle for my second choice.
Now, should have M$ continued to support a product that wasn't making
sufficient money for them? I dunno, but I don't care either -- they
screwed with my life and I'll spend the rest of it calling M$, M$.
Similarly, I had a run-in with American Express over 30 years ago and
even to this day I return all their sales promotion in their
self-addressed no-postage envelope they provide. Over the years, I
suspect they have paid postage for over 100 pounds of profitless
correspondence and the time for their staff to examine it.
Now, do I have problems? Perhaps, but I'm happy. :-)
Cheers,
tedd
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