Microsoft is the Fox News of Software...

[pokerfan]

(third comment following the article)

:rofl:

http://ostatic.com/blog/microsoft-has-10-grand-for-you-if-youre-willing-to-use-internet-explorer#comments">Microsoft Has 10 Grand For You if You're Willing to Use Internet Explorer

[HopeHoops]

1. Hey, Micro$oft sucks, but they aren't NEARLY as bad as FOX.

FOX is more like a virus.

[pokerfan]

3. Windows IS a virus

I got hit last summer with their "http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20759839-MS-update-KB951748-and-ZoneAlarm-PROBLEM">Security Update KB951748" that they obviously hadn't even bothered to test with ZoneAlarm, one of the most popular firewalls. Surely not every employee at Microsoft is an attorney these days. I mean, don't they have some technical guys around somewhere that can test this crap before they unleash upon an unsuspecting customer base?

Anyway, it was called Black Tuesday and it's what finally drove me to Linux.

And I couldn't be happier.

[HopeHoops]

4. One of my mentors disputed that on a very simple observation...

A virus usually DOES SOMETHING!

[Vidar]

2. Pervasive, without scruples, totally shitty. The comparison works for me.

[Deja Q]

5. Bill Gates at least has his good days. Ballmer, Vista, Expression, Office 2007 SP2...

pure broken junk.

Used them all, saw what's broken, I could go on for days with dreary technical details...

[pokerfan]

6. What a shame

that Gates wasn't a Unix fan. Micro$oft's first OS might have been an x86 Unix port instead of a CP/M clone.