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Story: Microsoft's antitrust concessions are 'pointless'

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@ Jon & others who, how exceptional !, really have(n't) a clue or (not) even a cue... ;-)

Because off " Easy use Windows " the development of systems that are
a. stable & secure,
b. userfriendly has been frustrated for over 10 years by now !!
Have you read the "official opinion" by the ms-CEO (mr.beef stalmer, ehhh, steve balmer ;-) ) stating "Linux is a tumor" and "Open_Source slows down innovation" ?
As if anybody in his right mind can call ms "innovative" ! Except in thinking up the weirdest "End User Licence Agreements" (meaning: Licence to abUse their victims 'till the End).
Do you know ms also has a stranglehold on hardware producers to deliberately fix their stuff into ms-only-sh*t - so it can't be used with _any other_ (e.g. Linux) software ??
Did you know so called "reversed engineering" is a _felony_ in the USA: you are _not_ even allowed to understand how (electronic) stuff you are using (rather: being abused by, in the case of ms) works - making it pretty hard to write *BSD/Linux-drivers for hardware you bought and therefore_legally_ own ? Or is it: _you_ being owned by the manufactor of the stuff ??
Isn't that an undenieable example of monopolistic abuse or is ms above the law by now because they stole more than enough money to buy (corrupt) entire governments ??? As I think they actually do !!
The reason PCs seem so cluncky is 100 % due to ms and their "userfriendly" warez - Open_Sourcerors are trying to change it for the better for everyone. It's about time people start to realize the way IT really is !

NO, computers are not make to give geeks jobs - it is the opposite: geeks invented computers to make (their as well as ) everyones jobs easier, at least that was and still is their intention...
At least that was the case before ms stepped in and forced their flimsy "systems" upon the world as a "standard" - violating among others the official W3C-standards etc.
(Perhaps standard html, ascii, C-code and IP/TCP-protocols are actually way to hard to grasp for ms. ;-) Quite hilarious is the _fact_ ms (ab)uses _Linux_ on their servers.. ;-) )

Finally: The "easy" might not be the preferred way to go - remember the (high)way to hell is far easier to go that the oway leading to heaven. (I prefer, of course, the latter !)
According to ms-"philosophy" the road to hell is to be preferred because of its "easyness"... Yeah, right, as pigs can fly !
A "system" crashing all the time, needing to be re-installed at least monthly, suffering virus, worms, spyware (probably made by ms itself like key-loggers, passphrase harvesters, etc.), high price,
bullying "licences", and so on & on & on...
One calling _that_ "userfriendly" or "easy to use" I call manipulated, naive and utterly incompetent, incapable to judge IT-stuff and even less equipped to judge the ones (so called geeks, Hackers & nerds) really grokking IT and being innovative & doing programming (in C, perl, python - sometimes even in assembly - _NOT_ visual-basic and the likes of that by ms - hell, they're not even real programming languages ! )

I haven't got energy, motivation nor time to "participate" in a full scale flamewar... Although, today I officially nominate ms for the (in)famous "Asbestos Cork Award" ! I'm sure they really deserve every bit of it !!
I've got way better things to do e.g. to write programs (in C, etc. ) for Linux, record (hard core rap) music with friends, help another friend (I'm doing most of the complex math) to design high-end loudspeakers and so on & so on.
Yep, I'm a very occupied little geek - I love to build all kinda (geek) stuff and give it away soon as it's finished (like software). I don't really care much owning stuff - I prefer designing and building IT.
To _give_ is often more rewarding than to take, you know ? ( or eventually: take by force, that is even worse...)
That's precisely why I _really_ don't like the infinitive greed, bullyish attitude, limitless arrogance nor the blatant incompet

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