Comments on: Microsoft is great! Giving credit when due. http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html Soap Reloaded Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Muryn http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-2267 Michael Muryn Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:50:36 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-2267 You hurt the Nintendo fanboy in me by excluding the Wii. Even if I am not a very active gamer since quite sometime and that I don't own the Wii, an XBOX 360 or PS3... I thought the Wii had quite a good popularity and success (from what I read of it), independently of the success of the other consoles or knowing the real number. I still see Nintendo as a big player in the current and next generation videogames console. And maybe their technical specs are not as impressive (?), but their current innovation is and will probably influence the future of gaming. I don't really mind what kind of processor is my videogames console (or even computer), what I want is good software/games, good interface (i.e. controller) and that the machine can support everything. If the CPU is mega-fast but not used to its full capacity, it won't really change a thing in reality. Aside from that, I agree that even if people often try to tag Microsoft as "evil", they have done a lot of great thing that a lot of us have benefited. I have always defended Microsoft with that in mind when people have done easy comments. It is easy to critics someone or something that does a lot of thing (great and bad), you will always find something to critic. But like you say, let's give credit when it is due, and Microsoft deserves it! You hurt the Nintendo fanboy in me by excluding the Wii. Even if I am not a very active gamer since quite sometime and that I don’t own the Wii, an XBOX 360 or PS3… I thought the Wii had quite a good popularity and success (from what I read of it), independently of the success of the other consoles or knowing the real number.

I still see Nintendo as a big player in the current and next generation videogames console. And maybe their technical specs are not as impressive (?), but their current innovation is and will probably influence the future of gaming. I don’t really mind what kind of processor is my videogames console (or even computer), what I want is good software/games, good interface (i.e. controller) and that the machine can support everything. If the CPU is mega-fast but not used to its full capacity, it won’t really change a thing in reality.

Aside from that, I agree that even if people often try to tag Microsoft as “evil”, they have done a lot of great thing that a lot of us have benefited. I have always defended Microsoft with that in mind when people have done easy comments.

It is easy to critics someone or something that does a lot of thing (great and bad), you will always find something to critic. But like you say, let’s give credit when it is due, and Microsoft deserves it!

]]> By: Khalil A. http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1552 Khalil A. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:18:44 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1552 I have to agree with Stephane - at least, I agree with him for the first two parts. They really did a revolution, there's no way denying this (now Google is doing another revolution) and the Excel thing was a milestone. Who would have thought that a database software would get so popular. It's used everywhere, now. As for the Xbox, I'm not a gamer so I'm out of this one. I have to agree with Stephane – at least, I agree with him for the first two parts. They really did a revolution, there’s no way denying this (now Google is doing another revolution) and the Excel thing was a milestone. Who would have thought that a database software would get so popular. It’s used everywhere, now.

As for the Xbox, I’m not a gamer so I’m out of this one.

]]> By: Eddy Young http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1549 Eddy Young Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:36:44 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1549 I commented on Avinash's entry again. I commented on Avinash’s entry again.

]]> By: Eddy Young http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1548 Eddy Young Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1548 There will be cheap versions of Vista made specifically for developing countries, but of course, users will want more and resort to pirating the better version. Anyway, I thought Microsoft-bashing was a pasttime long gone by :-) There will be cheap versions of Vista made specifically for developing countries, but of course, users will want more and resort to pirating the better version.

Anyway, I thought Microsoft-bashing was a pasttime long gone by :-)

]]> By: Stéphane Lee http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1547 Stéphane Lee Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:49:40 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1547 The license is priced for the European/North American markets which is very reasonable for them. I agree that the price is steep for developing countries. Microsoft will be releasing a version for developing countries only that will be cheaper but somewhat limited. For developing countries, they should not pay the full retail price. They can save the money and go with an open source solution: Linux/OpenOffice/Firefox. In almost all cases, it is enough for their needs. The license is priced for the European/North American markets which is very reasonable for them. I agree that the price is steep for developing countries. Microsoft will be releasing a version for developing countries only that will be cheaper but somewhat limited. For developing countries, they should not pay the full retail price. They can save the money and go with an open source solution: Linux/OpenOffice/Firefox. In almost all cases, it is enough for their needs.

]]> By: Avinash Meetoo http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1542 Avinash Meetoo Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:43:07 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1542 In April last year, I even <a href="http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2006/04/28/thanks-microsoft-for-cheap-pcs/" rel="nofollow">wrote a poem</a> <em>à la gloire de</em> Bill Gates for having given us cheap PCs (check the comments) :-) But that's it. I don't need Windows nor other Microsoft software and hardware. And this is my personal choice... And with Balmer now "managing" everything, Microsoft will do more and more blunders like the ones I described. And what can I say: <em>manze pistas, gété</em> :-) In April last year, I even wrote a poem à la gloire de Bill Gates for having given us cheap PCs (check the comments) :-)

But that’s it. I don’t need Windows nor other Microsoft software and hardware. And this is my personal choice…

And with Balmer now “managing” everything, Microsoft will do more and more blunders like the ones I described. And what can I say: manze pistas, gété :-)

]]> By: Hans http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/27/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html/comment-page-1#comment-1539 Hans Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:00:08 +0000 http://www.stephanelee.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-is-great-giving-credit-when-due.html#comment-1539 Yeah M$ does a good job but I would say they could do better: how about decreasing their price on their software packages so that the overall "Original" software bought from M$ does not exceed the price of the PC itself. I think that would be the case in Mauritius with an original copy of Windo$ exceeding Rs 4000. In the bureau suite section, I think it should have favoured interoperability with other software like Openoffice or packages. Sometimes moving things around go really weird when it's not from M$ stuff to M$ stuff. As for the Xbox/360 line, that's a thumbs up since M$ has done a great job on that. I own a XBOX meself and with all the stuffs you can do on that, it's more like a little PC box compared to PS 2 at that time which didn't offer a bit of enhancement apart in the graphics part. Nice article. Thanks for sharing your views. Yeah M$ does a good job but I would say they could do better:

how about decreasing their price on their software packages so that the overall “Original” software bought from M$ does not exceed the price of the PC itself. I think that would be the case in Mauritius with an original copy of Windo$ exceeding Rs 4000.

In the bureau suite section, I think it should have favoured interoperability with other software like Openoffice or packages. Sometimes moving things around go really weird when it’s not from M$ stuff to M$ stuff.

As for the Xbox/360 line, that’s a thumbs up since M$ has done a great job on that. I own a XBOX meself and with all the stuffs you can do on that, it’s more like a little PC box compared to PS 2 at that time which didn’t offer a bit of enhancement apart in the graphics part.

Nice article. Thanks for sharing your views.

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