-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 08 March 2004 01:58 am, jaska wrote:
Sorry this, but I can't resist...
internet standards? Nowhere. M$ decreed that the internet should have top posting (and quoteless quotes) by making its default behavior
Should we abandon KDE, Gnome & other GUI because it is so Micosoftish?
Hardly. Since I introduced the term Microsoftish into this discussion, I believe my opinion on this matter is apropos here. First of all, Microsoft did not invent the graphical user interface, nor have they ever been the exclusive provider of such an interface. Many of the features found in Microsoft's GUI were taken from the precedents of Apple and X-Windows. Since I have been a strong advocate of advancing the functionality of the KDE ever since Dee told me about it in the spring of 1997, (NB: KDE 1 was released August 28, 1997) I find the suggestion that it should be abandoned because it is, allegedly, Microsoftish (the term 'Microsoftish' is one of my noteworthy contributions to the English lexicon, BTW).
Precisely the problem initiated by M$'s default behavior and now commonplace.
Same again.. Maybe I get rid of my mouse, keyboard, GUI, command prompt, hotplug devices, screen saver plus many more nice thingies... just because M$ uses them?
None of them were invented by Microsoft. But it is extremely Microsoftish to believe they were.
Why on earth some people want to hate one thing from M$, but use the other stuff that M$ has?
The introduction of the adjective microsoftish into the discussion was intended humorously. IOW, IT WAS A JOKE!
They should hate M$ totally, or accept that M$ has also adopt good things to its OS! (they havent invented anything though..)
I believe you missed the point. The point is that the Internet had an established, and documented guideline for how to handle posting replies to mailing lists. Microsoft introduced a mail client which both encouraged violating those established protocols, and made it virtually, if not actually impossible to configure their mail client to behave according to the established protocol.
Personally I don't hate M$, it is just another OS, that I do not use. It is my own decision, period. I do not judge others by my selection, they can use whatever they want to.
My suspicion is you haven't been in the industry for very long. If you truly understood what has taken place you would understand why people don't like Microsoft.
Complaining M$ does not help at all. Spreading Linux-knowledge and give people a try with Linux does.
It has been truth for a long time in marketing, Actually that's advertising. Marketing is, technically, the study of markets and the viability of a product.
NEVER EVER mention competition, and if customer asks about it, try to be objective with the answer. Never speak bad about competition!
Competition? Where?
Jaska
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