Em...that was my point when I said "GM has a responsibility at the point of sale to put tyres on their cars that aren't fatally flawed so as to cause the deaths of people and that's it".
you point was that a company has no responsibility to the public. my point was that gm would share some of the blame if it had done something wrong. firestone is a company that did do something wrong; which means it failed to live up to its responsibility
QED
I worked for MS as a software tester on IE4 and they paid an absolute fortune to several companies with thousands of people testing it on numerous platforms. Often outsourced companies would sign off something as bug-free when it wasn't. They did their best. They apply very high standards just as do many other software companies who ship out far inferior products.
as you said in your next point give me proof.
you need to look a little harder: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xgl
for the record: i don't doubt that microsoft has created some transition effects like i don't doubt that they've copied a few as well.
You're being a drama queen - considering the nature this forum that's probably acceptable.
or nihil.... i prefer nihil because it's microsoft related.
Boo hoo - there's a lesson you need to learn Davy - the world isn't fair. If you can't afford $30 for a bottle of JD you don't have a right to demand that it be sold cheaper - buy a generic brand. If you have no money you have no JD but you could always steal it and risk the consequences if you're caught.
I didn't need to buy a whole new system to run Vista and my specs are over a year old which is a long time in computer terms.
boo hoo? what kind of a student are you? the only kind of students i know what money like that to burn are the kind who have mommies and daddies to pay for everything. unfortunately, the rest of us don't have such parents.
besides, it's not like a bottle of jack daniels. a bottle of jack daniels is something that's nice, but not necessary. using microsoft isn't nice, but it's VERY necessary for many reasons and that's why microsoft has such a bad rap.
too many people are dependent on microsoft and many more have to adapt to these other people. microsoft knows this, but instead of making the transition to bigger and better easier; they're more interested in making profits.
there's no need to be cut throat when you're the only one in the business.
How is it a good thing when you can't play DVDs or listen to music on your PC? Unless you've ripped them all (after you've broken DRM) - and by doing so you've broken the law and could be prosecuted (not that I give a toss about that). Alternatives are great as long as there's compatibility dude.
compability's always there, thank god. we just have to struggle with the guarded secret formats that some companies like to use as their source of power.
so.. they were only following orders? if that didn't work for the nazi soldiers why should it work for microsoft. worse even, microsoft is in a position of money and influence where those soldiers weren't so much.
Why are Macs getting more powerful?
You need to remember that there are a huge number of people who are very happy with more powerful PCs - there are Autocad people, sound and video people, gamers etc. who are all delighted to have more powerful PCs. You also have to remember than PC game manufacturers are also a big part of the loop and many graphics card companies design for the games and not the OS - they drive the upgrading of hardware too.
upgrading is an inevitable and good thing. it would be a much better thing if people wanted greater efficiency along with more power.
Now! This shows that you don't understand business. They can't release details of their hardware because competitors can use that info to either copy or better the product. It's bad enough that some companies have been caught trying to reverse engineer hardware but it you give them more info you may as well just show them a video on how you made the product. Competition is deadly and fierce and you can't give the others any opportunity regardless of how that makes you look. Having said that I've found Intel absolutely brilliant in providing drivers and serious technical data for their hardware.
i think this shows you don't understand how this business really works or how business fosters enmity with the public.
1. the technical details that these companies need to release to create drivers is nowhere near enough information for competitors to use to steal hardware designs
2. the technical designs aren't secret anyways because patents must be published for their products and
2a. even beyond that, most computer hardware manufacturers either rely on foundries to make their products which means their designs aren't unique or
2b. an enormous majority of hardware manufacturers just use chips from other manufacturers to make their hardware.
3. companies give out theses specs anyways while other completely refuse to. like you said, intel is very good at it and so is atheros, but broadcom refuses to give out ANYTHING even though all three companies make wireless network cards.
and now i know how the cowboy felt when he said: