Microsoft

Personally, I think Microsoft is a monopoly, and that is against the law. I don’t agree with the law, I don’t see how being one is illegal, it IS a law and Microsoft IS breaking the law.

Actually, its not illegal to be a monopoly. There are many monopolies in existence today. e.g., Just try to buy, in America at least, fabric dye not made by RIT. American Anti-trust law says that a company with a monopoly may not use that monopoly to gain marketshare in other markets. You don’t see RIT using its monopoly on fabric dyes to gain market share in Textile/clothing markets.

Microsoft used its monopoly in Operating Systems to extend its monopoly to web browsers and Office Suites. That’s why Microsoft is in trouble.

Remember standard oil? :)

@Yanny:

its not Windows (nt) 2000 that I think he’s talking about, its Windows ME (horrible).

I have windows ME :(

I have Windows 98.

You have Windows ME? My, I feel sorry for you. :(
Upgrade. Upgrade as fast as you can so help you God.

Heh, Mirco$oft worker. No wonder. :)

BTW, Have you seen Bill Gates? I have a couple of friends who did. Man that guy is a hardass!!!

Yea, I’ve also heard that he is a hardass. That’s only one side though, I also know that he throws lavish parties for even the interns in the company. The Microsoft campus is something else…one of the coolest places to work I’ve ever been. I work part-time in the X-Box devision as a tester, and MAN…that place is decked out in high-tech equipment! Plus all the free drinks you want!!

Yea, this Bill Gates is a “interesting” character. I heard that he’ll spend hours in a conference room with various Department Heads, yelling at them with all sorts obscenities and profanities. Those there likened it to “sh*t through a goose,” the worst experience ever. Then he’ll come out and treat everyone to dinner as if nothing had happened. Strange…

(That was me, TG. TM forgot to sign out… :-?)

@TM:

Yea, I’ve also heard that he is a hardass. That’s only one side though, I also know that he throws lavish parties for even the interns in the company. The Microsoft campus is something else…one of the coolest places to work I’ve ever been. I work part-time in the X-Box devision as a tester, and MAN…that place is decked out in high-tech equipment! Plus all the free drinks you want!!

Yea, this Bill Gates is a “interesting” character. I heard that he’ll spend hours in a conference room with various Department Heads, yelling at them with all sorts obscenities and profanities. Those there likened it to “sh*t through a goose,” the worst experience ever. Then he’ll come out and treat everyone to dinner as if nothing had happened. Strange…

(That was me, TG. TM forgot to sign out… :-?)

not so strange. I think mature people can deal with that. There is a place for business, and a place for fellowship.
A mature person can take this kind of correction in stride, without hard feelings outside of the work place - particularly if they know their boss. You have to realize that although the boss is yelling in your direction, that doesn’t mean that s/he is yelling at you. I know this sounds strange, but i’ve seen some weird s**t in my time too. I’ve had my job security threatened in some of the nicest places in the world with the greatest meals afterwards, hanging out with my boss. The corporate world can be a weird place.

I prefer Windows 98 to all Windows OSes. Simple but perfect. And it uses less resources on my computer than most everything else. Good for gaming.

You have to realize that although the boss is yelling in your direction, that doesn’t mean that s/he is yelling at you.

No, he would actually go to each director and scrutinize him (which was a combination of yelling and paper grabbing).

Simple but perfect

Heh, more like simple from perfect. And it still uses a lot of system resources. At least 30%!

Yeah but a lot less than the Windows NT and Windows Xp versions. And Windows 95 doesn’t work with Direct v8.1

I heard that 98 is still very good, but I could be wrong, I dont plan on updating unless I absolutely have to. Windows 98 has served me well so far. I still have DOS, do any of you remember DOS?

DOS? Huh? )

Windows 98 is basically Windows for the computer literate casual user. If your computer literate and you have important stuff on your computer, NT is the way to go. If you want a coach alongside you while on your computer, its all about XP. However, if you need neither the Coach nor the Security Guard, Windows 98 is more efficient.

This is a stupid way to go, but i’ve partitioned my drives. All apps, surfing, and day-to-day stuff is on my windows2000 (i like to do networking on occassion too for some games), but for most of my games they are on my win98. It works ok (tedious sometimes, but overall it’s good - win98 rarely screws up any games).

DOS was the best. :)

@Yanny:

I prefer Windows 98 to all Windows OSes. Simple but perfect.

Yeah, it’s so great that one day it simply decided to forget the program that runs my mouse drivers :evil: . I was not happy. Have you ever tried to operate a windows OS without a mouse?