Microhoo!

by Darkjedi 2010-02-19, 22:24

http://digg.com/d31JHLH

It's official, Yahoo is now considered evil. Yahoo is buddy buddy with Microsoft.

But, they sold their soul to the devil. Microsoft will probably eventually kill yahoo search off.

by **Leach54** 2010-02-19, 22:52

macs, PC, msn (MS), bing(MS), live(MS),

my list of the worst things ever. i think ill make a blog soon.

by killerflood 2010-02-19, 23:19

if macs and PC's are evil what computers does that leave you with?

by Silvershadows 2010-02-19, 23:23

linux, unix but theyre still clasified as pc

by **Leach54** 2010-02-19, 23:24

PC generally refers to MS, but yes, i am am aware of Linux as that is all i use.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-19, 23:27

well it stands for personnal computer so really it could apply to any operating system or computer

by **Leach54** 2010-02-19, 23:45

ya, i know.

by **Darkwing** 2010-02-20, 00:59

yahoo was sold to microsoft a long time ago, this is old news. and just because it's owned by microsoft doesn't make it evil. you guys need to grow up

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 01:03

I have never liked yahoo. Its not just beacuse MS owns it. (although i dont like MS)

by **Darkwing** 2010-02-20, 01:04

i like yahoo, i don't use its search engine, but I use other features from it

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 01:13

Yahoo finance isn't bad. there email is ok...

by Darkjedi 2010-02-20, 02:21

Darkwing wrote:yahoo was sold to microsoft a long time ago, this is old news. and just because it's owned by microsoft doesn't make it evil. you guys need to grow up

True, it's all just marketing propaganda.

In actuality, I really don't give a crap about whatever OS anyone uses. Just as long as it does what you want it to do.
Computers will always give you problems, and that's just the way it is. Windows, Mac OS, and even Linux all suck in their own ways.
If linux was just a big as Apple or Crackersoft, they'd be just as evil.

by Insane Crayon 2010-02-20, 05:39

I've never had any problems with any of the microsoft products I've used, and even my OS hasn't ever done anything that it's not supposed to... then again I keep it clean, under a very good antivirus [avast!] and don't mess with anything I'm not supposed to xD it's mostly dummy proof

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 07:34

Microsoft is not evil, ok? Bill gates even has his own charity! Using his own money! Hell, he even donated the biggest one time sum to charity ever like a month or two ago.

by Earthdeath 2010-02-20, 14:21

MS isn't evil its just...shit

by **Destral** 2010-02-20, 14:30

I dont think MS itself is evil, though Windows Vista can sometimes be a bit of a bugger with its incompatibility with some of the games and programs I have.

by Earthdeath 2010-02-20, 15:32

Not to mention the random errors

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 16:57

yeh but if vista is such a problem it only costs like £20 to upgrade to windows 7

by Deoran Drages 2010-02-20, 17:34

until im literraly forced to upgrade to windows 7 because of some directx thing im staying with xp for now
i like using linux for anything but gaming purposes

by Insane Crayon 2010-02-20, 18:26

I use XP..

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 18:28

Deoran Drages wrote:until im literraly forced to upgrade to windows 7 because of some directx thing im staying with xp for now
i like using linux for anything but gaming purposes

Why not? Vista is a better version of XP. Unless your game collection is old, that is... Most old games dont work on it, or dont work very well on it.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 18:32

yeh it kinda suck age of empires gfx get all screwed up on 7 so you cant really play it

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 18:32

Microsoft is evil, but they do make some good stuff sometimes. And that doesn't mean bill gates is evil, he is good man with lots of money. I would go into more detail about why MS is evil but i have a strong feeling that you are hard headed and wont listen anyways. (thats what has happed in the past)

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 18:34

No, go ahead and tell me.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 18:35

microsoft is just a company i dont see how they can be evil theyve just achieved a huge market share, that doesnt make them evil it just makes them smart

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 18:36

And by the way, are you saying i was hard headed and didnt listen in the past or something else? Because i doubt we've even been in argument before...

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 18:39

I don't think that they are evil for there market share, and there products do work. I never actually said why i don't like them so don't assume anything.

@thingy

no, its not you. Its very general stereo type.

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 18:40

Well, tell me why you dont like them.

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 18:44

Well the biggest reason is the fact they the don't follow the standards. Even ones they created. more detail later.

by **Darkwing** 2010-02-20, 18:45

i thought they were the standards

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 18:48

nope. mostly its the W3C web standards that they don't follow. but thats not all. Networking, File transfer, mostly anything you can think of.

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 18:50

They owns such a big market share that they don't think they should follow the working standards. Its like a big important person getting away with a big crime.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 19:15

meh so what theyre not going around killing people so what if they dont always follow the rules doesnt make them evil

by **Darkwing** 2010-02-20, 19:16

it just makes them inconvenient.

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 19:17

Actually, that's like saying killy von murderson kills people sometimes, but hey! It's only sometimes! So he's not really a bad person.

by **Darkwing** 2010-02-20, 19:19

wait, i missed something. I don't see how that analogy works

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 19:21

He said they dont always follow the rules, but that doesnt make them evil .

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 19:23

that wasnt really my point you kinda took to an extreme

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 19:30

When they don't follow protocols that they make, its evil.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 19:34

well if thats what you think we have differing ideas of what is truly evil

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 19:38

Ok so i'm exaggerating on how evil it actually is. Have you ever used Ubuntu or Debian?

by **JPB18** 2010-02-20, 19:42

Yeah, indeed... If they stole people and made lousy products that shared all of your personal info... That's evil...

Making software that does help enforce the law (with DRM things and etc), I don't see where's the evil in there? If they were forced by law to do several of their protections, then they're not evil...

Although I'm using windows in my laptop (There's no drivers for my wireless board Sad

), I still think it's a good product... It suffers is from the fault of closed source software...

by **Thingy** 2010-02-20, 19:48

Silvershadows wrote:that wasnt really my point you kinda took to an extreme

Hmm, yeah... That was a little overkill. But still, not following the laws you've made is a great way to be a douche. But i dont really know alot about this, going to do some resarch on it before i form an opinion.

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 19:48

Leach54 wrote:Ok so i'm exaggerating on how evil it actually is. Have you ever used Ubuntu or Debian?

yeh ive used ubuntu and it doesnt even compare to the usability you get with windows

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 19:50

What don't you like/What doesn't work?

If you are a gamer, i cant relate to you. I don't play video games.

by **JPB18** 2010-02-20, 19:52

Silvershadows wrote:
Leach54 wrote:Ok so i'm exaggerating on how evil it actually is. Have you ever used Ubuntu or Debian?

yeh ive used ubuntu and it doesnt even compare to the usability you get with windows

Obviously! Windows is made for people who only touch the pc or for gaming or for rarely use it... Linux is made for people who know the computer and want to "ride" their computer (It's a lot more configurable and you can really do anything with it... except high end gaming)...

by Silvershadows 2010-02-20, 19:56

and use an .exe file and you have to find linux versions of all the software you need which tbh is easy

by **Leach54** 2010-02-20, 20:03

You know that cool search function that was invented thousands of yeas ago and has gone through many update w/ the current release being that thing called "Google". Ya, you can use that to find a Linux alt for all your stuff. Or, you could even use something called an emulator like "Wine" to run your .exe's.

I have yet to find something that i need that doesn't have a Linux alt.

A really good site http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net/

by Kiyoshi Midnight 2010-02-20, 21:13

I don't understand why this little discussion is even happening.. Everyone has a difference of opinion and each likes their own OS and company.. no one is purely evil or purely good, and each have their own faults..

by **Destral** 2010-02-20, 21:15

I dont think I couldve said that any better myself Kiyo.

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