Comments on: Pie in a box + stuff! http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/ A pragmatic look at the state of FOSS Fri, 11 May 2012 02:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: reactosguy http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/#comment-20355 reactosguy Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:54:40 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=192#comment-20355 zombiechan is actually right. Microsoft <i>could</i> have been worse. It isn't. That's coming from someone who has an account on <i>anti-Microsoft</i> forums. There are companies that pollute < Microsoft has been shaping up its environmental image There are companies that poison the milk < Microsoft doesn't produce milk for consumer use, but remember 2008? There are companies with sweat shops < I hear Microsoft has a sweatshop for its peripherals (keyboards, mouse, et cetera) in China There are companies that hide that their product is harmful < Microsoft doesn't There are companies that help out terrorist < Microsoft owns a share of the family-owned bin Laden construction company, but that has nothing to do with Al-Qaeda There are companies with real monopolies < Microsoft != Monopoly See? zombiechan is actually right.

Microsoft could have been worse. It isn’t. That’s coming from someone who has an account on anti-Microsoft forums.

There are companies that pollute < Microsoft has been shaping up its environmental image
There are companies that poison the milk < Microsoft doesn't produce milk for consumer use, but remember 2008?
There are companies with sweat shops < I hear Microsoft has a sweatshop for its peripherals (keyboards, mouse, et cetera) in China
There are companies that hide that their product is harmful < Microsoft doesn't
There are companies that help out terrorist < Microsoft owns a share of the family-owned bin Laden construction company, but that has nothing to do with Al-Qaeda
There are companies with real monopolies < Microsoft != Monopoly

See?

]]> By: zombieChan http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/#comment-20347 zombieChan Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:04:08 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=192#comment-20347 "despicable business ethics" compared to other companies, they aren't that bad There are companies that pollute There are companies that poison the milk There are companies with sweat shops There are companies that hide that their product is harmful There are companies that help out terrorist There are companies with real monopolies. “despicable business ethics”
compared to other companies, they aren’t that bad

There are companies that pollute
There are companies that poison the milk
There are companies with sweat shops
There are companies that hide that their product is harmful
There are companies that help out terrorist
There are companies with real monopolies.

]]> By: Greg http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/#comment-6205 Greg Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:33:40 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=192#comment-6205 I think there is a lot of truth to that rant and I use Linux myself. One of the main problems I have with MS is that they are a multi-billion dollar company with despicable business ethics. I spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen since I am a programmer by trade. Whenever I sit down at a machine running an MS OS, I get a yucky, dirty feeling. I can't help thinking of all the crap that goes into their OS. That's just me, okay. I think there is a lot of truth to that rant and I use Linux myself. One of the main problems I have with MS is that they are a multi-billion dollar company with despicable business ethics. I spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen since I am a programmer by trade.

Whenever I sit down at a machine running an MS OS, I get a yucky, dirty feeling. I can’t help thinking of all the crap that goes into their OS. That’s just me, okay.

]]> By: wbk http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/#comment-2798 wbk Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:29:04 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=192#comment-2798 pure ownage! pure ownage!

]]> By: Mr O http://piestar.net/2009/08/26/pie-in-a-box-stuff/#comment-2690 Mr O Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:13:46 +0000 http://piestar.net/?p=192#comment-2690 What about drivers? The old "Windows has no drivers" (they never heard of the HCL obviously) and yet drivers are available from the vendor (as it should be) Whereas Linux has drivers for ~everything~, because the vendors can't be arsed to support the platform, and when they do the community Demands Teh Source, kvetches and bitches at the company when upstream breaks compatability, etc.. What about drivers?

The old “Windows has no drivers” (they never heard of the HCL obviously) and yet drivers are available from the vendor (as it should be)

Whereas Linux has drivers for ~everything~, because the vendors can’t be arsed to support the platform, and when they do the community Demands Teh Source, kvetches and bitches at the company when upstream breaks compatability, etc..

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