A 'Microsoft Only' week

[gxsaurav]

Neways, I also agree that Rs.6000 OS shud have everything, but it doesn't even have the basic necessity like an Office solution suite which a free GNU/Linux OS has. IF u wanna move further to propritary linux box then please compare the "MS week" having Rs.6000 Cd with a proprietary GNU/Linux like Suse.......lets see wat u have to say then. There's no FUD against MS in such reviews. In my review of linux it is weeker in gaming area but now has some potential there too.

Haven't this been told already that MS gets sued everytime they add something.

 

[aryayush]

LOL! Everytime someone brings up the point of Windows' poor out-of-the-box nature, this is one standard excuse you come up with.

I wonder how they were able to bundle in a media player, movie maker, CD/DVD authoring software, firewall, anti-spyware, media center, photo gallery, etc. with Windows Vista then. According to you, others would have sued the hell out of them.

So, though I know you won't pay heed to the request, stop with the lame ass excuses already and face up to the facts.

 

[mediator]

Haven't this been told already that MS gets sued everytime they add something.

I know, but if others can pay small fees to MS for including proprietary stuff then they can also form some agreement and pay similary to others! After all Rs.6000 is indeed a lot and an end-user expects everything with that!

Eric S. Raymond, Linux's godfather with his important early support for the operating system, agreed whole-heartily with the concept of supporting necessary proprietary software in Linux and even joined Freespire's Leadership Board. Raymond said, "If that means paying licensing fees to the Microsofts of the world so that people can watch Windows media files, then so be it."

Source

 

[gxsaurav]

MS bundled WMP, they got sued by EU

They bundled Save as PDF feature in Office 2007, they got sued

They locked the kernal in 64bit Vista from external intrusion, they got sued.

They paid a huge fine to EU for no reason

XPS was attacked by Adobe

 

[mediator]

I can also form a long list where MS sued NOvell similarly and later formed an agreement with it to stop the sueing fun between them. So if they give some fees acc to an agreement that may be formed then no body will sue them.

I'm not saying MS got sued for no reason like u said in some cases is ok. Its all business politics after all. But agreement shud be total having the consent of every governing body over that propreitary system so as to minimise the probabilty of such disputes from occuring.