Re: why does everybody hate microsoft?

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From: Wen-Chun Ni
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:54

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In article <1992Aug26.133221.25721@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> ralf@ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de (Ralf Grohmann) writes:
>Because they want to make people stay with DOS/WIN
>
>And they don't adhere to standards, namely they introduced
>TrueType instead of using the common PostScript in their
>Win31 -- adds great confusion to the marketplace.

One more example: the Microsoft mouse, which is badly designed with 2
buttons and different protocols. In addition, the unreliable mouse
is overpriced. I am abandoning the MS mouse coming with my Gateway
for a better (yet cheaper), say, Genius mouse.

Wen-Chun Ni

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