rumblepup - 9:34 pm on Dec 13, 2007 (gmt 0)

Not that I think that MS or Uncle Bill are saints or anything, and believe me I don't, but I'm starting to get really tired with this presumption that MS is required to make their OS support systems that are part of the open source community. It's not like we are totally controlled by MS.

I have FF and Opera running on my PC, and at no time during their installation did Windows try to stop me from doing it. This victim behavior from Opera is just...infantile.

FF is popular because PEOPLE decided to use it, and tell other people how cool it was. Webusers and consumers are the deciding factor, and putting it in the hands of a Government agency is just dumb. When we let the Government into the internet, we get NET NEUTRALITY.

When you go to McDonalds, and buy a burger, you cannot complain when they don't give you a turkey burger. You know that it brings pickles and onions and ketchup and mustard. Why? Cause that's the way they make them. I don't see people going out and accusing them of unfair practices, cause they won't use turkey in their burgers.

You don't HAVE to buy an MS Computer. Your not FORCED to. And before anybody comes up with the lame excuse we're forced to buy MS because of it's saturation in the market, EVERYBODY and their sister create documents, spreadsheets, presentation and database programs that work with, or independently of MS. If Google can do it, so can they.

I'm jaded in this issue. I make a really good product that are up to my standards, which are very high. When someone starts shouting that I have unfair practices because I don't use their product in mine, that's just dumb. I use what I use and too bad. If my customer wants your component in my product, they are more than welcome to install it. I don't offer the service.