Re: [PLUG] [OT] Microsoft info: link to rant

["Kyle R . Burton" <mortis@voicenet.com>]

> very interesting read - if a little dated. also,i saw a short comparison of
> enron to MS (or vice versa) on that site. 
> 
> Perhaps the key to defeating MS is not in building a better product (since
> when does that matter) but in publicly exposing their (fraudulent?)
> accounting practices. 
> 
> Maybe the OSS movement needs to work on lobbying the political system to
> close loopholes that MS uses. It may even cause MS collapse ala Enron. Image
> how attractive alternative software would look to businesses if the IT
> managers couldn't be confident that MS would be available to provide support
> and updates (since they are the only ones that _really_ know their
> software). It seems to me, that MS's pyramid scheme, like all others, is
> bound to collapse sooner or later. Regardless of who is left holding the bag
> fiscally, how will MS products be supported if they were to be forced to
> layoff 80% of their work force. 

The Bush administration would step in and 'rescue' Microsoft from any
such collapse.  They're too importiant to the economy (read: 401k and
pension plans of big-business).


This is of course just my opinion.

Kyle


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