Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2005-10-23, David Schwartz schreef <davids at webmaster.com>:
>
> "Roedy Green" <my_email_is_posted_on_my_website at munged.invalid> wrote in 
> message news:s3oll1tbve3t5h4c8eghbqihsuuusj72nc at 4ax.com...
>
>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:10:24 -0700, "David Schwartz"
>> <davids at webmaster.com> wrote or quoted :
>
>>>    If the deal didn't give you more than it cost you, all you had to do 
>>> was
>>>say 'no'. I understand the frustration at being forced to pay for 
>>>something
>>>what it is worth.
>
>> The choice was go along with MS arm twisting or go out of business.
>
>     Only because the product they were providing you was so important you 
> were unable to do business without it.
>
>> I call that extortion.
>
>     Microsoft had something you need so badly that you could not go into 
> business without it. So they demanded from you that you pay them what their 
> software was actually worth to you. That is not extortion. Everyone who 
> sells something tries to get the maximum possible value for it.

If a company wants to be paid for things it didn't deliver, then I think
that is extortion. Microsoft want te be paid a license on windows for
P.C.'s that were sold without windows.

-- 
Antoon Pardon