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by Mason on Mon Dec 01, 2003 at 09:05:23 PM PDT

I'm surprised Microsoft is at the top (28% as of now).  Is this from experience or general anti-Microsoft sentiment?  I don't think very highly of Microsoft, but I do think there are a hell of a lot more companies who treat their customers worse than Microsoft does...

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Worse than M$?, please.[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#7)
by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 02, 2003 at 01:12:54 PM PDT

I don't care if they kiss you A$$ after your purchase (no, they won't, it just wouldn't make any difference if they did), their monopolistic practices allow them to charge $200 for products that would be profitable at $80. Add to that the fact that from now on, you better be able to speak an Indian language when you call for support makes them #1 on my list for being a Grade A Turkey. --------------- Ưa know, for a country founded on genocide and slavery, we're not doin' too bad." DFS

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yes[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#26)
by maderikapapa on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 07:21:23 PM PDT

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Microsoft?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#8)
by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 02, 2003 at 01:49:23 PM PDT

I'm not at all surprised to see Microsoft top the list. Microsoft was the first large company to plague the computing community with Product Activation. Though touted as an "anti-piracy" measure, this is really a sneak attack on legitimate, paying users of the company. In the near future, Microsoft will be able to force you to upgrade, at your cost, whether you want to or not, by simply refusing to "activate" your computer should you need to reinstall the operating system. Moreover, by making the software so buggy that you need to reinstall it frequently, they guarantee that this time will eventually come. The second runner-up also stumbled over the Product Activation greed pill. I suspect that if Product Activation was listed as a choice for a Turkey award, it would garner the highest majority of votes.

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"I told you so"[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#9)
by Reziac on Tue Dec 02, 2003 at 10:23:28 PM PDT

I've been saying something to that effect ever since Activation first reared its ugly head. To my firsthand knowledge, M$ has been talking about "software by subscription" since the Win2K preview seminars in 1999. Activation makes forcing upgrades simple -- just refuse to reactivate the old product, or require a fee that makes upgrading seem the less expensive option over the long run. Much as some companies used to refuse to replace dead install diskettes (requiring instead that you buy an upgrade, or do without. So far the biggest turkey I know of for such forced upgrades is Intuit's Quickbooks.)

BTW, go read all the posts on Slashdot by "Alsee" (http://slashdot.org/~alsee -- all those comments attached to the Phoenix BIOS article) re the Trusted Computing initiative being implemented in hardware, in a way that makes breaking it impossible (for all practical purposes). Very, very scary, and relevant to topics such as activation and forced upgrades.



~REZ~
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by QuickSHADOWMAN on Wed Dec 03, 2003 at 12:36:21 AM PDT

All the years that I was a faithful Windows user, not once did they ever answer any e-mails that I sent them. That is 0 customer service. When a friend bought for me JBuilder 2 Professional Edition developers kit, my real trouble with Windows began.

When I tried to bring it up, so I could learn to develop in Java, Windows always crashed. I found out later that they tried to break Java, so it was no wonder. Up to that point, I was a faithful little minion of MS. But when they refused to answer any of my questions for solving the problem, I decided to look else where.

The place that took me in and showed me an alternative, and answers my questions was the Linux community. While I was learning Linux, I had a dual boot system for awhile. But the more I got familier with Linux, I was also regreting to have to go back into a unstable system that crashed on me daily, because Linux did not.

Yes I admit that I am now a Linux advocate, not becuase I fell into some Linux party line, but because MS was the one that drove me there, looking for answers and a solution for my problem. I wanted to be able to learn to develop in Java, but I needed a system that did not crash everytime I brought up the IDE.

I have found that there is so much freedom in Linux, you get to control your system and you do not have to be concerned over how many machines you run it on, for there is no, absolutly no activation code for it. No renewal licenses to deal with, and everything that I was able to do in Windows, I am able to do in Linux. And now I am 100% Windows free. I do not even miss it. Thank you MS for not answering my e-mails. I would have never made if you did.


Sincerely, Rich Aka: QuickSHADOWMAN 100% Windows Free, and loving it. M$, RIAA, MPAA, the leaders of all that is wrong with the Electronic Age. Lin
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by maderikapapa on Fri Jun 27, 2008 at 07:13:52 PM PDT

出会い系出会い系サイト出会い喫茶出会い掲示板ナンパ出会いカフェ人妻出会い無 009;系サイト優良出会い系攻略 完全無料。アダルトビデオアダルト動画アダルトアニメアダルト画像アダル 488;サイト無料DVDアダルト風俗サンプル無料風俗優良アダルトサイト比較海 806;。人妻画像人妻パラダイス知合い人妻援護会人妻コレクション風 439;告白。熟女画像東京熟女掲示板動画熟女ビデオおまんこオナニー。エロ画像エロフラッシュアニメ 456;ロ動画エロゲームエロ漫画無料エロサイト。エッチ画像エッチ動画エッチ小説写真エッチ 450;ニメエッチ0930。セックスアナルセックス画像セックス動画セックスフレンドスワッピングSEX写真セックスボランティセ 483;クス体位東京セックス仕方 SEX。おっぱい画像おっぱい村長おっぱい楽園掲示板お 387;ぱい命おっぱいゲーム。巨乳動画巨乳画像アイドル巨乳 522;示板風俗。セフレ募集セフレ掲示板セフレ画像掲示板セフレの作り方出会い無料素人セフレ。童貞狩りエロ漫画童貞狩り童貞喪失童貞オークション素人童貞逆援。不倫パートナー不倫出会い人妻不倫不倫を楽しみたい方にはお薦め 154;妻画像など満載出会いサイトを楽しむならココ無料出会いで一緒に遊ぼう出会いはLOVEｱｹﾞｲﾝで決まり

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