Et tu Billus Brutus?

Many times it's been mentioned that my leanings towards Microsoft and Mr. Gates are positive: Better a Microsoft/Gates world than an Apple/Darth Jobs world, etc. With that said, why is it that Microsoft seems hell bent on pissing off even those of us that speak favorably? There is certainly no Nazism going on here, but c'mon even you SS guys have got to be disgusted with their attempt to buy the dungheap known as Claria/Gator. BTW, I hope the bunch of jerks at this malware company are still busy trying to read every negative thing said about them (hate to have THAT job, how depressing) so I can finally tell y'all to kiss my fat Mississippi ass! Next thing you know someone will tell me that Microsoft Anti-Spyware and their other applications aren't spying on us! Read the damned EULAs! Better yet, check out the source of the MRUs that Ad-Aware finds and lists under the Negligible tab after it finishes scanning. Not running Ad-Aware? Please ignore anything I've said and go run your McAfee "anti-virus" thangy on your Packard Bell.

Okay this is bad enough, but yesterday Microsoft stopped active support on Windows 2000. DON'T FREAK OUT. They still have extended support for the best Operating System ever to emerge from the hallowed halls of Redmond. Yes, please all XP Nazis flame on. As you do this remember that 48% of all workstations in the business arena STILL run Windows 2000!!!!! Don't believe it? Read Eric Bangeman's article over at ArsTechnica titled Last rites for Windows 2000?. Scan that last paragraph slowly. Then read it again. If you are running 2000...don't upgrade to XP. Wait on Longhorn. Gates will not let you have Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Media Player 10 unless you upgrade to XP. There's a simple solution. Use Mozilla's Firefox as a browser and Jet Audio or WinAmp as a multimedia app. These applications are free to download over at MajorGeeks. Resist this coercion. It seems Bill has so much money his concept of right and wrong has become convoluted. My hero worship has diminished.

Strong arming sucks. I don't care who is doing it. Folks, George Orwell wrote several books about all this during the last century. Try 1984 or Animal Farm. Very soon privacy will no longer be listed in the dictionary. Think about it.

"One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves."
-Albert Camus