OFF: Virus alert (genuine)

[MissileCommand]

Andrew Apold wrote:

> >But why is MS so popular? It has brutally taken over the market and more
> or less
> >forces people to use its software.  It is attacked because of its insecurity
> >because the company claims that it is secure, when it's obviously not.
> This is
> >sometimes even the reason why viruses are written in the first place.
>
> I disagree.  They got where they are by positioning themselves properly,
> identifying markets, and executing things competently for the most part.
>
> I'll be the first to tell you that windows NT isn't as mature a network
> platform as netware or even banyan... but its getting there.
>
> >
> >> Get real
> >> people, MS has good products and has immeasurably improved the computer
> >> industry.
> >
> >what the hell? Computers were actually cool before Windows.
>
> No, computer people were cooler before windows. :)
>
> They're allowing non-geeks into the mix.  damn them.

I am not as knowledgable about computers as most people involved in this
discussion seem to be. I grew up using Macintosh, which was the idiot system
before Windows. It doesn't have anything to do with geeks and superiority, it's
the combined bloatedness and self-denial of recent computers.

>
>
> >> Yes, there are many companies with products better but MS
> >> software is overall pretty damn good.
> >> John
> >
> >Perhaps, but only when it rips off that better software.
>
> Not true.  I must admit, Microsoft's internally developped
> Allegiance is one strikingly original (and cool) game, to this
> point game of the year.  If you haven't looked at this, it deserves
> a look.  And they did it in-house (not outside developed like
> Age of Empires and Asheron's Call were)....

Sorry, but I only find enjoyment playing Atari 2600 and other units of that
period. It's minimalism I guess, mandating abstract thought in order to be
entertaining.