Once they realize that they should try to compete fairly through creating superior products instead of trying to crush the competition through lawsuits, propaganda, and bribery, then I might begin to respect them as a company and once again be willing to run their software as my primary choice.
Are you saying that the Microsoft "Get the facts" campaign is propaganda? Nooo!!.
Google search link to Microsoft get the facts. Just to get the other sides view on "get the facts".
Not only is Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign blatant propaganda filled with slanted hypothetical situations, half-truths, and bald-faced lies (spouted out by a bald-headed lier), it's a totally pointless and self-defeating campaign for two reasons.
1. Most Windows users live in total ignorance of alternate OSes (except maybe Macintosh) and use Windows simply because it's what their factory-built, brand name PoS computer came with, and the thought of using another OS is so alien to them that the thought has never even come close tho entering their minds. These people are good little mindless M$ drones and are not in any danger of switching to open source software and therefore do not need to understand or care about the "Get the Facts" campaign. (My apologies to any mindless M$ drones who might be reading this, but to clarify, you are only a mindless M$ drone if you have never even considered looking into Macintosh, Linux (or other alternate OS like FreeBSD), Firefox, OpenOffice, or other products that compete with Microsoft products and consider security issues, crashes, freezes, constant restarts, and product activation a normal part of computer operation. If you are a Microsoft user and/or supporter but do not fit the criteria for M$ drone, then you are an informed Microsoft user, which is something I can respect.)
2. Those who are not mindless M$ drones are either informed Microsoft users or alternate OS users. I am assuming that this campaign is primarily focused toward the informed Microsoft users because they are the most likely to switch from Microsoft's products to competing products. This shows that Microsoft knows that it's products are inferior when objectively compared to its competitors' products. A good product sells itself, while an inferior product needs to give a reason why you should not use the better product. Informed users are usually smart enough to see this. Also, informed users will also usually think about and research a claim to see if it is reasonable and matches up with reality. The only way you can believe the crap that is in the "Get the Facts" campaign is if you accept it wholeheartedly as soon as you read it without giving it a second thought. Alternate OS users will definitely not be swayed by the campaign because their own personal experience should contradict it. No one is going to believe what someone says over that they have actually experienced for themselves. All this does is give informed users one more reason to be disenchanted with Microsoft and aternate OS users one more reason why they don't use M$ products.
I just switched from "the dark side" to Linux a little over a month ago and only boot into Windows whenever I have to use a particular Windows program (usually 3ds max), I screwed up something in Linux and am trying to learn how to fix it (I still have a lot to learn), or want to play one of my games that I can't run in Linux. How many other M$ refugees are here?
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