2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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Microsoft
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2018-10-16 10:11:53 -04:00
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The old Evil Empire (the one before that was IBM). The new one is Google.
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The basic complaints were, as formerly with IBM, that (a) their system
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designs are horrible botches, (b) we can't get source to fix them, and
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(c) they throw their weight around a lot. (d) They use lock-in tactics
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and antipatterns to make it hard for users to leave their systems.
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(e) They often claim to "love open source" while simultaneously keeping
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their main products closed. (f) Windows is increasingly a remotely
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managed operating system where the user is not really in control of
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what's happening.
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