Cynicism is the last refuge of the idealist

Interesting article from NewsForge examining the recent war of words between Microsoft an Intel on one side who are supporting HD DVD and HP and Dell on the other supporting Blu Ray. It pretty much damns Microsoft for being duplicitous and twisting facts to suit itself. Now there’s a surprising conclusion, eh!

Microsoft touted the coming of its “all new, all 32-bit” operating system — Windows 95 — for years. But when Chicago finally appeared, it was neither all new nor all 32-bit. A few high-tech journalists of the day — but only a few — were clueful and caring enough to call them on it. Most of the trade press were not competent or brave enough to say otherwise.

Macworld UK - Microsoft’s Ballmer to meet EC antitrust chief

I want them to levy the harshest possible fines against Microsoft - I want them to be punished in the way the US government was to scared/feeble to do

Eolas Wins Round vs. MS in Browser Patent Fight

glad to hear that Microsoft aren’t getting things their own way in the fight agains Eolas - the US Patent Office has rejected Microsoft’s attempt to squash a patent which could cost Microsoft hundreds of millions of dollars.

A Microsoft spokesperson admitted the decision was not promising. “This is disappointing news, but we are committed to seeing this case through to a successful resolution,” she said.

I guess that’s Microsoft speak for ‘we’ve been found guilty before and avoided being punished, so it ain’t over till Bill gates sings’

Microsoft’s court trial isn’t bound by the decision of the PTO, and could come to a different conclusion, though “such cases are rare,” Crouch said.

I guess we should prepare to hear about Microsoft lobbying the fool on the hill and all his cronies to make sure they get off

Evil evil, I hate them

Ballmer: Microsoft Is Intent to Deliver Value

I’m sorry - does my hatred of the Beast of Redmond show???

Steve Ballmer, henchman extraordinaire to Bill Gates admits that Windows (spit) Vista (double spit) is just a poor copy of OS X - his justification - that enterprise managers don’t keep tabs on what’s happening in the Mac world - so that justifies plagiarism, does it, the ignorance of IT managers

Some Microsoft critics say that many of the features in “Longhorn” already exist in other operating systems. How do you respond to that?
I don’t hear that from enterprise customers. They don’t look at the Mac. They just don’t. Some people will say some of the features are kissing cousins to features they’ve seen elsewhere, and that is true. I’m not apologetic about the fact that we should, in a way that doesn’t offend anyone else’s intellectual property, study and learn and benefit from the work others have done.

I’m sorry but I can’t wait till the rest of the world wakes up and stops buying their bug-ridden insecure bloatware

In fact, I’m not sorry - this is a rant saying wake up world and put these people out of business