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Boycott Microsoft for LICENSING 6.0

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by da beav

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First we hand them the anti-trust case, allow them to pied pipper us all the way to their bank, and now, they slap us down, step back and snicker. Microsoft knows they have us where they want us. Why should they continue selling their software when they know there is gold in them thar hills for Licensing? Any big Monopolies know they can do whatever they so choose and get away with it. Since the world did not care or rise up with the ruling of the anti-trust, why would the world care if we rapethem for even more money? Hey, don't expect a kiss when they sock-it to ya either.....

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by djent

You can vote with your feet, the alternative is called Linux. It might even lower your blood pressure.

by john_wills

Posters around San Francisco argue for Apple. But in fact I've tried Apple and actually prefer Windows, because of two clicks on the mouse and what seems to me a more natural(not just habitual) way of handling drop-downs.

Staying with IBM PC hardware, there is more than Windows and Linux available, notably IBM's OS/2. But I don't really know the answer.

by shadowofthefallen

Linux, unix, OS2, BEOS. They're all good operating systems. The answer to the microsoft liscensing problem is wider advertising of alternative operating systems. I suggest gathering together (the internet community) and informing everyone you know that microsoft isn't the only OS in the world.

by murben

Ok... Don't think I'm a microsoft lover here, because I'm far from it. End users are not going to want to use these other OS's. First off, Linux is one of the best OS's I've ever used but still isn't ready for an end user to use. Yes it's much easier than it used to be, but their are still some complications to the set up. OS/2 was great for its time, but has become outdated. And BeOS, Well, just try going to their website. I don't think we'll see too much more from them. The main thing that is going to stop people though, is the software. "What do you mean I can't run my old software on these alt. os's?". "I paid $$$ for MS Office XP and now that I have Linux installed I can't use it???". I know as well as you do that Linux has just about any program that equals or is better than any windows program, but try getting the end users to understand this.

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