Re: Boycott Microsoft

kh <k@sprynet.com> wrote in article <6jdqd9$t8k$1@dfw-ixnews11.ix.netcom.com>... > Hmmm ... > > "stooges", "peons", "apologists", "self-serving hypocrites" who are "morally > reprehensible" and defend "fraud and corruption", etc., etc., all in ONE > paragraph ... That could all be summed up in a single word: Microsoft. [strange opinion snipped] > > > What's there to defend? M$? 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 > The above really gives the Wintel Trolls a kick in the conscience (assuming that they have one). Edwin