Boycott Microsoft

From "Quote Compendium" at http://www.vcnet.com/bms/: "We build confusing systems. That's true in the software and true in the hardware. The number of questions that we get on our support lines imply that we together haven't done a very good job. The questions I get from my mother imply we haven't done a very good job. Systems don't function out of the box. We actually did a few surveys where we went and bought systems, and we were surprised at how many, you plug them in and they actually didn't work. That's going to give us all a very bad reputation. If you upgrade the software or hardware, it's way too difficult." JIM ALLCHIN, Microsoft Senior Vice President "Last month, [Bill] Gates insisted to the U.S. Senate that his company is perennially vulnerable to new competitors snapping at its heels; this month he's holding the national well-being for ransom by insisting that any government interference with a single product release will unleash doom upon us all. Out of one side of its mouth, Microsoft tells us it's no monopoly; out of the other, it insists that it's the sole engine driving our economy. Well, Bill, which is it? You can't have it both ways." SCOTT ROSENBERG, Salon Magazine http://www.vcnet.com/bms/