tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post1983182050765590839..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: Crony Capitalist/Robber Baron Yes/No?Will "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-42907424089743231042015-01-02T08:53:09.896-08:002015-01-02T08:53:09.896-08:00Better in some ways, not others. The Betamax of OS...Better in some ways, not others. The Betamax of OS' s? I don't use Linux because most of the stuff I want to run won't run on it.<br /><br />But that might change. New versions of Windows become more and more impossible to use. Windows 8 only becomes tolerable by adding a patch to force it to be like XP.<br /><br />"Improvements" such as breadcrumbs and getting rid of search make things that took a split second on old slow machines take many minutes on new lightning - fast boxes.<br /><br />Linux is less prone to some idiot in an ivory corporate tower breaking it. And breaking it is all Microsoft has done since going off the cliff starting with Vista.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-72931843265850764302015-01-02T08:47:00.614-08:002015-01-02T08:47:00.614-08:00You are right about the harassment of Microsoft. A...You are right about the harassment of Microsoft. And that was spearheaded by David Boeis.... the same man involved with the effort to disenfranchise an entire state in 2000. dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-66383216354607184392014-12-30T15:50:34.481-08:002014-12-30T15:50:34.481-08:00IMO, Gates 'obtained' DOS and
"borro...IMO, Gates 'obtained' DOS and <br />"borrowed' Windows. The basic<br />work was done by others. His success was in providing a user-friendly screen by sacrificing <br />concise code with sloppy code, which required ever larger RAM<br />(the MS paperclip icon used more<br />code than the NASA astrophysical<br />nav onboard computer on the moonshot) One consequence is that<br />the free (and better) competitor<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_adopters" rel="nofollow">linux</a><br />is preferred by many in science,<br />education, government, industry world-wide. That doesn't make him a robber baron, just clever.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-56130136120134908402014-12-28T21:59:41.291-08:002014-12-28T21:59:41.291-08:00
Let the market rule....he who does it the best...<br /><br /> Let the market rule....he who does it the best...the fastest...with the lowest cost wins....as it should be....Rusty Shackelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14232914458379098036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-83244825980627832682014-12-28T19:59:52.400-08:002014-12-28T19:59:52.400-08:00You may have a point there, dmarks. I would just p...You may have a point there, dmarks. I would just point out that the government also persecuted Mr. Gates on a trumped up anti-trust charge and that that probably cost him a shitload of cash.......Also, were these contracts bid or no-bid? Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-20863993204935705292014-12-28T19:56:28.806-08:002014-12-28T19:56:28.806-08:00You're on the case, Jerry.You're on the case, Jerry.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-70806691579298432982014-12-28T19:09:04.651-08:002014-12-28T19:09:04.651-08:00"... and did all of these things without gove..."... and did all of these things without government assistance...."<br /><br />Gates and Jobs don't come across entirely clean here, you know. Microsoft and Apple had/have massive government contracts. Sometimes not the best deal for the government, too. Often exclusive. Or in the case of Macs in schools for many years: the computers from Apple cost many times more than more reasonable alternatives, and did a lot less.<br /><br />This might apply to some of the others, as well. But I'm not going in that deep.<br /><br />The point being that these two guys (companies) have had close and lucrative contracts with government bodies in the US worth billions.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-54172773937160146352014-12-28T18:57:13.092-08:002014-12-28T18:57:13.092-08:00It seems from your title that a yes means you are ...It seems from your title that a yes means you are a crony capitalist/robber baron, not a real capitalist.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com