Originally posted here by warl0ck7
.. M$ has already destroyed the internet; .
Microsoft bashing is boooorrrring and passe!

#1 - if Microsoft never happened and the Unix wizards had their way, the personal computer might still probably be a corporate or university research item and cost $10's of 000's of dollars and you and me might still be writing our resumes on a typewriter and using white out to fix our spelling mistakes because we are too lazy to re-type. *

(*unless you turned into a yuppie gay Mac user with iPod and iTunes and Gap pants in tow, in which case I can't help you, but none the less, Apple would still try to charge you $10,000 for a Mac if they could only get away with it!!)

Microsoft corp. heavily and *positively* influenced the Internet and it's boom - so give credit where credit is due.

As for their software development practices and the quality output of those software -- well, I have one thing to say.

I have not seen any real useful new features and development done on much of it that would make me go "WOW!". It's the same old carp with a prettier colors.

I am seeing more security slowly. So a lot more windows will pop up with warnings and ask for user interaction and passwords e.t.c.. in the future. That for me is going to mean more support calls -- but it should (hopefully!) make for a more secure networked environment.

RY