Is It Wrong to Love Microsoft?

vd writes "Given most comments on Slashdot, it would appear that anyone with even a slight knowledge of computers hates Microsoft. An article on CoolTechZone, though, argues that not everyone should dismiss Microsoft outright. According to Varun Dubey, Linux is over-rated, Macs aren't worthy and Windows deserves respect and some love. From the article: 'What has Microsoft given us? It has given us Windows, sure, it was buggy earlier and a lot of things didn't work like they were supposed to (plug and play springs to mind) but it was a pioneering effort. No one was even close to the ease of use that Windows offered. Sure, Mac OS was a lot prettier but then it cost the moon and the stars along with both your arms and legs.'"

I must be in a dream...

[orion41us]

2 almost pro-MS posts on /. in one day?

someone please hit me...

So now

[CKnight]

FTA:

and a lot of things didn't work like they were supposed to

I'm to assume that the bugs currently in windows are there by design?

In other news ...

[rlp]

Kool-Aid sales up substantially.

Hey! I know the answer to this one!

[fireboy1919]

Yes, it is.

Next on the agenda: is genocide really that bad of an idea?

Viewing habits

[Keebler71]

Given most comments on Slashdot, it would appear that anyone with even a slight knowledge of computers hates Microsoft

You obviously don't read at threshold: -1.

Poor guy.

[fuchsiawonder]

I think it's safe to say that Mr. Dubey is afflicted with Stockholm Syndrome.

Is it wrong to love Microsoft?

[ab384]

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yes.

Evidence: slashdot.org

Next!

Re:Freak

[Virak]

And he must really hate that pesky 'logic' thing.

Heh

[mogrify]

I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!

This is the greatest sentence ever written in the history of man. Thank you for your penetrating insight.

Re:Freak

[Sorce]

You know that everyone who uses Linux is a hacker...

Well written

[crimsonclear]

Finally, an article that actually gives Microsoft an objective look not skewered by the linux and mac trolls on the net

aaah memories...

[Phil246]

It has given us Windows, sure, it was buggy earlier and a lot of things didn't work like they were supposed to (plug and play springs to mind)

Did anyone else just remember back to that lovely lovely video of good 'ol Bill , and that scanner :)
'Plug and play' *grin*

Re:I'm confused...

[dtfinch]

Here's the non-Apple version:
http://ilovemicrosoft.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid= 05/08/05/127222 [slashdot.org]

Re:Most people just hate Microsoft...

[Anonymous Coward]

Just like you're jealous of the rest of us here on /. for having a whole brain, you half brained nit wit.

C-

Re:MAC

[Quiet_Desperation]

Putting aside grammatical mistakes of the "article", why do people capitalize MAC as an abreviation for Macintosh? Is there some acronym I'm not familiar with...

Magnificent Amazing Computer :-)

Re:I must be in a dream...

[HiyaPower]

No, no! You do not understand. He is talking about ease of use for virus writers....

Re:There is a price for what you want

[alcmaeon]

Computers that do the bare minimum are called fingers.

Re:Terrible article

[Ohreally_factor]

First of all, the writing is less than stellar. Second, all of it is opinion based without any sort of facts to back it up, or in depth explanation of his point.

I think you're being too kind. The writer comes across as a not too bright 12 year old. In other words, I think we may have just witnessed the birth of India's version of Rob Enderle.

Re:Freak

[darkmeridian]

"most of the people developing Linux probably sit at night writing up malicious code for windows!"

Actually, most of the people developing Windows probably sit at night writing up malicious code for Windows! Or is Internet Explorer a very successful third-party trojan?

Re:Freak

[DenDave]

This has got to be in the top ten of /. trollposts ever...

whoever the author of this crap is, he had better crawl back into the slimy hole whence he came because he verges on libel and slander.

Author should open eyes...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Linux. I think it's the most over rated piece of software ever built and survives simply out of spite and not because it is terribly good at doing something because it is not!"

http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http:/ /www.cooltechzone.com [netcraft.com]

Seems it's good enough to serve TFA...

Re:Freak

[TopShelf]

Around here, a posting that's pro-Windows is news, kinda like a Bigfoot sighting (as in, what was this guy smoking, and where can I get some?).

Re:Can We Say FLAIMBATE???

[ImprovGuy]

Can we *spell* flamebait?

AdWords Knows all

[sysadmn]

I find it oddly appropriate that the ads served up by Google for the second page were for Anti-psychotic drug ambulance chasers.
Even Google could detect that Dubay's meds aren't working.

Re:Yes, wrong to love Microsoft

[Anonymous Coward]

Lucky for me, some of my neighbors are HOT. But not everyone can be so lucky; my neighbors, for example.

Re:Terrible article

[prell]

Here is a company that single handedly created the market for Personal Computers, brought computing to ordinary folks like you and me, made it affordable

Dictatorships are always remarkably efficient and cheap! If anyone disagrees with you: off with his head!

+5 Street cred

Re:Can We Say FLAIMBATE???

[payndz]

But there are people out there who won't touch anything but Adobe Photoshop even to the extent of pirating it.

Woah, wait - you mean there are people out there who've actually bought Photoshop? Next you'll be telling me that there are people who paid money for Word instead of just copying it from their machine at work!

Re:Well written

[aug24]

I take it at least one mod can't detect sarcasm, you insightful fellow you ;-)

Is it wrong to love Microsoft?

[jayloden]

Depends...is it tough love?

Re:There is a price for what you want

[Golias]

considering that half the population statistically has problems with fractions

Holy crap! That must be... what? About 28% or so?

Pathetic!

EDITORS: Please read

[HogynCymraeg]

Can we update slashcode so that we can rate an article? I'd love to mod this article +5 Funny.

Thanks.

Re:There is a price for what you want

[theAtomicFireball]

So tell me what did Microsoft give us other than a combination of other peoples technologies and ideas?

You've clearly forgotten about Microsoft Bob.

Re:There is a price for what you want

[dlZ]

Actually, Acer makes the Ferarri notebook =D

Re:There is a price for what you want

[Gilmoure]

Loving my computer is wrong? Even in the dark of the basement night?

Re:There is a price for what you want

[dindi]

and why do they screw up almost everything :

authentication schemes, document formats, network protocolls ...

there is a microsoft touch that makes it NOT WORK with anything else unless you hack the hell out of the program (of course the correctly working open source one) turning it into a crippled version ....

Well dunno how it is nowadays, I refuse to give tech support develop, install or touch any windows machine for the last 4 days :)

Re:There is a price for what you want

[spectre_240sx]

Dear god you've blinded my mind's eye with that description! Why, oh why, must you be so descriptive with your horrible male genitalia focused analogies?

Mac OS over MS

[sunflowrr]

I would rather be a bloody stump with no legs and arms and happily be using my PowerMac than have to suffer thru endless crashes and bugs with MS Windows.

no, it's not "wrong"

[cahiha]

Some guys love to get tied up, fscked, and flogged, and even pay for the privilege. We accept that, just like we accept Varun's love of Microsoft, which amounts pretty much to the same thing.

Re:Terrible article

[Your Pal Dave]

The writer comes across as a not too bright 12 year old. In other words, I think we may have just witnessed the birth of India's version of Rob Enderle.

It came across to me an awful lot like Gerald Holmes [freeyellow.com].

{evil mode=on} Excellent..

[Da VinMan]

I see my evil plan is working just fine.

Everywhere I go, I recommend Microsoft's very latest offerings knowing full well that they are not ready for the light of day and that a feeling of dissatisfaction, no hatred, of Microsoft can only come of recommending a product which is so early in its life cycle, which only the technically savvy will bother to try at this early juncture anyway. At the same time, I leave bitter reminders everywhere of previous generations of products which were likewise wronged early in their lives by my overeager recommendations.

Everywhere I go, I foment the dislike, the bitterness, and the fear of Microsoft's supposed dominion over us all. And I am served....

How am I served? Am I served because only the most bright, the most sensitive, the most pure among the technical ranks will bother to care. I am served because they turn away in disgust and leave this market. I am served because the users ultimately don't care and continue using the products I nurture through my evil machinations.

I am served because you are no longer here. I can now do with your users as I like. I can turn them to my ways, make them dependent, and continue to keep them for myself. For my customers. For my profit. For my entertainment.

Run punk. Run.

Re:There is a price for what you want

[snorklewacker]

> I think I'll wait for next year's model - I hear they'll include toes!

Yeah, but they're only usable before you boot.

Re:There is a price for what you want

[pnutjam]

Can I use your girlfriends box too?