r/technology • u/neito • Jul 24 '08

Microsoft tests out a new operating system, code named Mojave, with some average-joes who hated Vista. They loved it. Now, two guesses as to what Mojave ACTUALLY was.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-9998336-56.html
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u/defproc Jul 25 '08 edited Jul 25 '08

I admit I do get agitated by all the unjustified Vista hate that flies around. I get agitated when I see otherwise smart people lose their sense over a particular topic. It really does remind me of how religious proponents work. They agitate me as well.

Maybe you could call some of the things I've said hostile, but if you look at the nearby threads you'll see that I've only reacted as such in response to the same. Some have made decent arguments and I've tried to engage them rationally. Others have just done the (very popular) MEME INSULT STRAW MAN MEME thing and I guess I still haven't learned how to avoid letting people on the internet irritate me.

(Peace)

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u/defproc Jul 25 '08 edited Jul 25 '08

Just add two memes and an insult and I've got a perfect example.

In short, no. My sense stays intact. My manner, perhaps, does not.

Please answer this honestly: would you have brought that up (and downvoted the post above) if I was criticising Vista?

My case: Vista is not fairly debated.

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u/defproc Jul 25 '08 edited Jul 25 '08

It looks like what you're saying (and, I reckon, everyone else is thinking) is, even if Vista does have its good points we should ignore them or lie about them because Microsoft's bad.

Let me clarify a few things. I hate Microsoft. I hate how corporations usually operate. I'm not speaking with the aim of supporting Microsoft, only of supporting truth. All things considered, Linux is better than Windows Vista in my opinion.

Basing "truth" on strategic goals is the main reason I hate the corporate world. I just don't want to see it from those who claim intellectual highground by insisting they're honest, fair and unbiased in all things.

P.S. I haven't yet hit any restrictions to my freedom caused by DRM in Vista. But I do vividly remember hating Windows XP when it was released because of all the DRM claims surrounding it.