[ale] OT Re: [ale] Microsoft now favors fair competition

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Damn good mice!

Drew

On Sunday 08 September 2002 20:43, Joe Bayes wrote:
> Geoffrey typeth:
> >You may find it humorous, I do not.  Your comments such as these belie
> >that I see you as a M$ sympathizer.  Hardly, but anyone who has anything
> >good to say about M$ is poorly informed, or worse, too much like M$.
>
> Now, that's not fair. I loathe Microsoft's business tactics and buggy
> software as much as the next guy, but saying that there's *nothing*
> good about them is misleading and wrong. Counterexamples: Last I
> checked, Microsoft made pretty good mice and keyboards. MS has been
> known to give money to various worthy causes. If I cared, I could
> probably find buildings owned by Microsoft which were environmentally
> friendly. Etc.
>
> The awful things that they have done may *outweigh* the good things
> that they have done, but those bad things don't erase the existence of
> the good things.
>
> --joe

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Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
Drew
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