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Well Bill Gates:
Is awesome. He hooked us up with a fat, user-friendly, software package that any idiot like me can use.
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.empathyiskey said:
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.
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.
But I digress, I'm not going to argue this topic with 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.fuck_you said:
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