Is Microsoft the Great Satan? (10/07/2004) Some people believe that Microsoft is the Great Satan. Well let me tell you this...

Most capitalists, when unchecked, would be entirely in favor of rampant monopoly power. The good thing is, though that where monopolies exist, there are checks put in place to prevent such things.

Microsoft is a monopoly by default. It is an easy operating system that most people have chosen to use. Therefore, Microsoft has the power of the marketplace to set prices and do business. I see nothing very wrong with that.

I don't approve of crushing businesses. Microsoft has in the past done this. However, businesses have learned how to survive in the MS dominated marketplace by simply being better.

Bill Gates is not Satan and Microsoft is not the harbinger of the apocolypse. Please be aware that there are some people who just simply like using the products that are presented to them. The more third party applications I install, the larger my registry gets, and the slower my computer eventually becomes.

I am pleased that Yahoo! is attempting to improve their site. But saying that. I don't use third party apps whenever possible. I have Opera and Firefox on my machine primarily because I design web pages and they have to show up the same on all pages. Little quirks here and there make it necessary for me to tweak and render. I choose one simple search engine, A9 which is very cool. I choose one IM to stay mostly in, MSNIM, but my mom has AOL so...

You get the point. I'm a power user, but I really don't care about tabbed browsing. The popup blocker in XPSP2 is awesome, and so is the firewall. I don't want to bloat my machine any more than is necessary. Or then maybe your paranoia blinds you to the point I'm making.

'Paranoia comes from ignorance. Facts bring peace' -- Steven Brock (Myself) posted by Steven at 1:48 PM

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