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| From | Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.slack |
| Subject | Re: windowx with microsoft |
| Date | 2025-08-14 08:14 -0500 |
| Message-ID | <mg65q3Fh7suU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <mg4ofdFa4caU1@mid.individual.net> <lukr9kd81n27rq7cvqt67322978skgfvlr@4ax.com> |
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chrisv wrote: > Lane the Caustic wrote: > >> When I was going to school at Northface University, one day there was a >> guest speaker from Microsoft. Needless to say, I slept through the >> entire thing. This school I once asked one of the teacher about ethics >> and he said he had none. He's a computer scientist. It's this sort of >> thing that I think a lack of ethics has led to an inferior product at >> Microsoft. It's not just about being a good person, it's about >> delivering something worthwhile too. > > Everyone has ethics, at a personal level. However, when considering > only the behavior of the company, only management is responsible for > that. The same for quality. You don't blame Bubba on the assembly > line for that missing component. > What I'm saying is that if I have a personal computer, it had better have a word processor. The way Windows has it set up is pay $65/yr extra for a word processor. This is such utter bullshit. I can't even pay for it once and have the expense go away. I grew up on the NeXT computer, which had everything and the kitchen sink included with it. Microsoft is trying to feed me an incomplete OS. -- n
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Re: windowx with microsoft Brennus <brennus@allia.org> - 2025-08-14 00:46 +0000
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Re: windowx with microsoft rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 03:53 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-14 07:22 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 08:10 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 08:14 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-14 16:43 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-14 14:59 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 18:59 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-14 20:13 -0400
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Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-14 20:10 -0700
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Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-15 03:41 +0000
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Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 21:41 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-14 19:12 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-14 18:55 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-15 15:55 -0500
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Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-15 02:04 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-15 15:48 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-15 17:15 -0400
Re: windowx with microsoft pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-08-16 00:54 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-15 18:13 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-16 01:26 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft Lawrence DโOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-16 02:28 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-16 03:13 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft Lawrence DโOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-16 04:36 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-16 07:58 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-16 14:49 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft onion@anon.invalid (Mr รn!on) - 2025-08-16 17:28 +0100
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-16 17:20 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft onion@anon.invalid (Mr รn!on) - 2025-08-16 19:48 +0100
Re: windowx with microsoft Lawrence DโOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 03:20 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-17 16:01 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 10:02 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-17 17:43 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 14:30 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 14:10 -0400
Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-18 18:29 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-18 18:32 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-18 18:51 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-18 19:20 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-19 00:27 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-19 18:08 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net> - 2025-08-18 14:42 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 17:54 -0400
Re: windowx with microsoft Lawrence DโOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-18 23:40 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 19:59 -0400
Re: windowx with microsoft jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-08-19 18:09 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-08-19 14:27 -0400
Re: windowx with microsoft rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-17 18:48 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft "kaboota@kala.boo" <kaboota@kala.boo> - 2025-08-18 18:07 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-16 22:42 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft "kaboota@kala.boo" <kaboota@kala.boo> - 2025-08-16 23:28 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 06:37 -0700
Re: windowx with microsoft vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-08-17 09:04 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-17 06:42 -0500
Re: windowx with microsoft rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-17 18:45 +0000
Re: windowx with microsoft pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-08-18 23:27 +0000
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