[rivercat]

I'm going to vote with my feet and my pocketbook.

Wonderful. My problem is that we have this group of "Anything But Microsoft" yo-yos that run around like a bunch of linux moonbats. They irritate me in the same way that the "Anybody But Bush" crowd does. Fine, they can vote with their pocketbooks, but they need to STFU with all the liberalesque whining, snivelling, and haughtiness. Sheesh, they sound like Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi. Heck, where I live, the same crowd that whines about President Bush is the same crowd that whines about Starbucks and Microsoft.

[longtermmemmory]

thanks, for pointing it out.

Microsoft is the only game in town for the non-nerd or non-geek user. It is financially impractical to gin up a non microsoft OS based system to run microsoft products for my business. By the time I pay some service to do it for me I have spent more money than I would have paid the microsoft monopoly.

I understand the need to be independent in computer use, but I have never seen anyone ever provide a serious solution. (apple does not count)

There is for a monopoly in the OS department (also recognized by the courts) and microsoft is the only show. Perhaps Microsoft licenses should be regulated teh same way utility licenses are regulated.

[longtermmemmory]

thanks, for pointing it out.

Microsoft is the only game in town for the non-nerd or non-geek user. It is financially impractical to gin up a non microsoft OS based system to run microsoft products for my business. By the time I pay some service to do it for me I have spent more money than I would have paid the microsoft monopoly.

I understand the need to be independent in computer use, but I have never seen anyone ever provide a serious solution. (apple does not count)

There is for a monopoly in the OS department (also recognized by the courts) and microsoft is the only show. Perhaps Microsoft licenses should be regulated teh same way utility licenses are regulated.