Consider. Above, I said,
The American software industry -- from Oracle to MS to Sun -- has in the past sold a bunch of software that was a pretty poor-quality product, as every other industry measures quality.
I say that kind of thing all the time. In one thread, I went on and on about how I feel that Oracle is the absolute worst quality software out there -- in one case, to make an Oracle installation y2k compliant, we had to apply almost a hundred patches.
Now oddly enough, no Oracle or Sun people jumped on my case -- just MS folks.
I talk about how I don't like Apple's, and think they're overpriced. Mac fans don't jump on my case. I talk about how I don't think Linux is ready for the desktop. Linux fans don't jump on my case.
And on, and on.
It's the MS-only folks who seem incapable of dealing with the slightest criticism.
Wonder why?
But why is it I can say in my posts that MS has shipped some products that clearly sucked and none of your hated MS salesmen even say boo about it? It would seem on the surface to be the same message. Except where I let it drop at that you keep going and accuse those who use MS of being dupes and making bad business decisions. You see you're not satisified with just criticizing MS, you have to turn it on the users and the people that make their living as VARs and OEMs in the MS world. And of course there's your refusal to consider evidence to the contrary.
This was a very typcial Harr thread. Starts off ith a long article which you add a request for information to at the end. People start providing that information. You tell them that information is invalid for whatever crack pot reason you come up with. The people that started off thinking this was gonna be a discussion are now irritated because it turns out it's a soapbox and contrary opinions will not be tolerated. They try to defend their position. You insult their integrity professionalism and ability, telling them they're dupes or they're lieing or they're a liability to their company. They get mad. And by post 75 you're whining about how the MS people can't take any criticism.
I don't doubt things don't get ugly when you criticize Oracle or Sun, probably because you're willing to hear contrary evidence that supports them. But you're not willing to hear that when it comes to MS, and in refusing to hear it you always turn things personal.