Digital BW, The Print

Keith writes:

> Again defending M$?

No, I am introducing a balanced point of view, uninfluenced by emotion.

I've worked with computers for decades, since long before Microsoft ever
existed, and I can assure you that MS is no different from any other
computer company, nor has it invented anything in the way of business
practices that had not already been used by someone else, nor is it
particularly evil when compared to its many competitors today and in times
past.  Just as there are woefully uninformed but highly emotional young
males demonizing Microsoft today, there have been equally uninformed and
emotional young males demonizing IBM, AT&T, Sun, DEC, Burroughs, Univac,
General Electric, Honeywell, and dozens of other companies for as long as
the industrialized world has existed.  I simply try to counter ignorance
with knowledge, and emotion with reason, for the benefit of those who want
the straight story, rather than the religious sermon.