Vista is hateful
chron.com | Are everyday PC users learning to hate Microsoft?
The question for today: "Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft?" Now, in normal circles, the response to that would be "Not everyone does." But then, this is Slashdot, ![gatesborg[4].jpg](http://www.poormojo.org/hate/gatesborg%5B4%5D.jpg)
where the icon that goes with Microsoft stories is a picture of Bill Gates as a Borg from Star Trek.,,,
where the icon that goes with Microsoft stories is a picture of Bill Gates as a Borg from Star Trek.,,,
The answers that appear in the responses, though, are alternately predictable and thoughtful.
From BWJones: Where I really started getting disgusted with their business was after I saw company after company run out of business due to business practices that bordered on illegal and in some cases blatantly crossed the legal line.
The real issue is that Microsoft fails to subscribe the culture that most geeks subscribe to which is simply: Technical freedom. We want to be able to do whatever we want with technology, and we dont want anyone getting in our way.
From EtherMonkey: Why do people hate Microsoft? In a word: Greed.
These, of course, are from geeks. For the most part, the average user doesn't even think about Microsoft -- they just fire up their PC and get to work.
But that may be changing.
Increasingly, I'm hearing discontent from the masses about Windows, and it doesn't have much to do monopoly practices, ripping off ideas or a lack of innovation.
It's malware.
I hear this refrain from my readers, Technology Bytes callers, friends and even co-workers again and again:
"I'm sick and tired of all these viruses and spyware. I hear that's not a problem on the Mac. I'm thinking of buying one."