Just joking, by the way. These kind of issues are really non-issues. It's just a matter of ignoring...

I've learnt to ignore what I dislike on this forum. Too tough to argue every little point until it's beaten to death...

Lol but we seem to have such a good time doing that :-D

my pet peeve is people who write "its" when they mean "it's" and "your" when they mean "you're." it's really annoying and just looks plain stupid.





now let's hear from the person who is annoyed by people who never use caps.

So what if you are trying to convey extra meaning in using M$ instead of MS?

example:
Have you seen the licensing fees for M$ word?

Has a bit of truth to it!? How on earth can it have a bit of truth, it doesn't mean anything, the S and has been replaced with a $, thats all, its a made up word with no meaning.

Saying M$, Micro$oft, etc is just as stupid and immature

Do you not mean 'calling a spade a $pade'

Edit: this isn't a personal attack against you KimVette, its just your post had everything I wanted to address in it

it's a made up word (a neologism ), but i wouldn't say it has no meaning.

Refers to Microsofts greedy and monopolistic ways, it refers to money.

And let's not even talk about "Trusted Computing"...

Yes I know, but I only realised when this thread started, previously I just thought it were people's attempts at (now if I can get this right:) '1337 speyk'

Microhard greedy? NO! Dont say that! Surely you must be kidding.

I do sometimes use M$ or Windoze on Linux forums. If they're here they shouldn't complain; if they use Linux than I'm not bashing their OS, and if they use Windows then they should go post on a Windows forum. I don't ever use "Windoze" or "M$" on a non-Linux forum, because that would be rude to the Windows users.

Certainly I wouldn't go on a Windows forum and call it "Windoze", that would be ridiculous. But I don't have any problem with people calling Linux "Loonix" as long as it is on a Windows forum. I wouldn't go near the place anyway.

-Tuxluver

I totally disagree. Micro$oft has serious control issues that have been amply demonstrated in courts around the world: they seek to have utter control of not only the software industry, but also of the home user's computer. To them, it makes good business sense. They did NOT get to their multi-billion dollar status by worrying about silly little things like laws, morals, business ethics, etc; M$ arrived at the top by stifling competition, rewarding those of whom played the game according to their rules, and by marketing tactics that are a little less than honest (i.e., while installing Micro$haft XP they state, "The most secure operating system ever").

By using the '$' symbol, one is easily reminded about WHY the world has the buggiest OS. I'm not talking about the add-ins, installs, etc., but about the fact that the OS has more holes in it than O.J. Simpon's defense team had; yet, Micro$hat succeeds for the same reason, now, that the aforementioned defense team succeeded: money.

You are saying that you do not care for what the company stands, only the fact that a person needs to feel comfortable. I detest that lazy attitude from the very being of my core. I don't mean to be rude, but I've met people that have escaped from Communist China and Russia who lived with that laissez-faire attitude. When each individual buys from China, that individual perpetuates and validates the economic system in that country; by the same token, the individual that economically supports Micro$tuff perpetuates and validates their business model.

Microsoft business model = complete software dominance, at any cost, outside their bottom line. And, given the fact that up until consumer complaint was too great, they were implementing an OS deactivation tool for a certain percentage change in hardware, they would seem to want to control the computer hardware section, as well.

The post you responded to was posted on 19th Jun 2005

I think the poster has forgotten all about it

ROTMLAO! Just goes to show you what happens when you don't have enough coffee! Thanks for pointing that out =).

Name-calling may be funny (or, in this case, it may have been funny at one point), but it's counter-productive.

You won't win over any Windows users by calling Windows Window$, Windbloze, or Windoze.

Who says that's what people who use 'M$' are trying to do? If you are seriously so offended by this sort of thing then you really need to get a life, or at least a _real_ cause to fight for...

Would you prefer we all say "Microsoft Windows[TM] blows chunks"? 'Cause that's a compromise I can live with.

PS: not directed at "aysiu" in particular, just all those who feel the need to defend Microsoft without getting paid (off...) to do so.

That is all.