Microsoft

[hamstar]

Need I say more? Why are these bastards commanding pcs?

I just found out that they patented Tabbing through a web page...

 

[Jung]

Isn't there a forum for this?

I'll bet you still use WIndows though.

 

[Cash21]

Yeah, no kidding, huh?

 

[empathyiskey]

Well Bill Gates:

Is awesome. He hooked us up with a fat, user-friendly, software package that any idiot like me can use.

 

[Jung]

Is awesome. He hooked us up with a fat, user-friendly, software package that any idiot like me can use.

I don't call routinely having gaping security holes being "user friendly." Furthermore, I definitely wouldn't award them that moniker when you take in the account of how long know security holes take to be patched, and the whole spy/adware epidemic.

I'm by no means an anti "misro$oft" zealot, but Windows does have it's share of bad points. I just find all the vague "OMG Microsoft suxorz" comments a bit silly, and cliche. If you're going to bash them, at least make a valid argument.

 

[_Kitana_]

Yes but bill gates did help make computers wide spread....

 

[Jung]

Yes but bill gates did help make computers wide spread....

Not really. Bill Gates doesn't even sell computers...

Ever heard of IBM? Apple?

 

[_Kitana_]

Not really. Bill Gates doesn't even sell computers...

Ever heard of IBM? Apple?

Yeppers...

But it was bill gates software and thinking that put them in the hands of everyone else...

he kind of lead the way....

 

[Jung]

No, that's like saying the founder of Exxon popularized the automobile. It doesn't make any sense. Apple, and IBM paved the way, long before Windows was even thought of, much less a household name. Where do you think the terms "IBM PC" and "IBM compatible" came from? Definitely not Bill, nor Microsoft. What type of PCs do you think Windows ran on? Computers were already becoming popular when Windows 1.0 was released. Microsoft only piggybacked an existing market; They may have helped, but they're not THE reason.

But I digress, I'm not going to argue this topic with you.

 

[hamstar]

If anything computers were bought to existance by multics, wich unix then came from, so really windows stole unix's birthrite...

mind you we might not have linux if there was nothing for linus to hate...

 

[Jung]

I see where you're coming from, but Mainframes != PCs. There were operating systems before UNIX though.

 

[Billybob]

but wasn't windows the first OS with a graphical interface?

 

[Jung]

but wasn't windows the first OS with a graphical interface?

I believe Xerox was, if you count them, followed by the Macintosh.

 

[fuck_you]

before windows the average american did not know how to use a computer. That's how Bill gates is a reason why computers are so popular now.

 

[BRiT]

before windows the average american did not know how to use a computer. That's how Bill gates is a reason why computers are so popular now.

Actually, Porn probably has a higher impact on popularizing computers. The second driving factor is games. Porn is one of the top drivers of all technological innovations -- color tvs, cable, vhs, dish, dvds, web sites, etc...

 

[fuck_you]

so true but im just talking about the older days back then i just think it was un heard of to have a home pc , and in 95 porn was a minor factor for all there was where pics for most where on 14.4k dial up.

 

[Jung]

so true but im just talking about the older days back then i just think it was un heard of to have a home pc , and in 95 porn was a minor factor for all there was where pics for most where on 14.4k dial up.

I remember having computers before Windows was popular; Commodore 64, an old Macintosh, and an IBM we ran DOS shells on - 14.4? Remember 9600?. [ I remember not even having a mouse until we got Windows 3.1. It was an old serial mouse. ] In fact, a lot of people used PCs before Windows was ever popularized, albeit nothing like the numbers today.

 

[Havok]

I remember having computers before Windows was popular; Commodore 64, an old Macintosh, and an IBM we ran DOS shells on. [ I remember not even having a mouse until we got Windows 3.1. It was an old serial mouse. ] In fact, a lot of people used PCs before Windows was ever popularized, albeit nothing like the numbers today.

Commodore 64.....whooo.

 

[fuck_you]

I remember having computers before Windows was popular; Commodore 64, an old Macintosh, and an IBM we ran DOS shells on - 14.4? Remember 9600?. [ I remember not even having a mouse until we got Windows 3.1. It was an old serial mouse. ] In fact, a lot of people used PCs before Windows was ever popularized, albeit nothing like the numbers today.

your not the average american as far as knowledge on computers goes. I has my first comp 11 years ago when i was 4 but we where not average americans either.

 

[BrIONwoshMunky]

Commodore 64.....whooo.

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