Re: Boycott Microsoft
Posted in 1998
Topics: General Discussion
Hmmm ... "stooges", "peons", "apologists", "self-serving hypocrites" who are "morally reprehensible" and defend "fraud and corruption", etc., etc., all in ONE paragraph ... I think you need to be checked for rabies. > What's there to defend? M$? Why bother? They already got more stooges, >peons and apologists than they can use. Besides, people who defend M$ tend >to be a bunch of self-serving hypocrites who are defending themselves >really (especially the Windows developers). By defending M$, they are >trying to defend the entity who puts bread on their tables. While that is >perfectly understandable (from the perspective of a human nature weakness) >it is still morally reprehensible to defend fraud and corruption, just so >one may ensure one's income. Selfishness can not be reconciled with the >good of the many (computer users in general). Read about Socrate's trial >and suicide, sometime. > >Morbius