OT: Microsoft Settlement, Class Action Options

[d7n7master]

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[skline]

In respose to all that was said, You dont have to run Windows, nobody twisted your arm to run Windows, there are alternatives. Take the MAC for instance. The reason you dont hear much about MAC problems is there are only about 1 MAC to every 75 PC's. Trust me, MAC's have problems too and they are just as expensive if not more to fix. Talk about trying to corner the market? Up until recently, the MAC was so proprietary that only Apple "Approved" software could run on a MAC, that is how they limited their problems. Not as many people were writing software for MAC as they were for the PC's. Odds are you will have less problems with the MAC because there are less of them in comparison. Another example, if you just use the Internet without anything but a cable or DSL line and no real provider like AOL, you will most likely be ok, Add AOL and you have now become a target for Adware, viruses and stuff because there are so many AOL users. Easy targets. I have been on the Internet since 1986 and have never had a problem. Of course that was back when it wasnt a GUI web interface as it is today. You used Unix commands to go where you wanted and get what you needed. The Internet is based on Unix which was written by scientists, for scientists. It was never really written for the general public. As for Microsoft doing unfair practices, I dont think Bill Gates had anything to do with what you are all talking about. I can guarantee it was some salesman putting undue pressure to keep his figures up out of greed. The fact that he worked for the largest company gave him a bold sense of security and that is just how salesman work. Again, it all comes back to greed. I have heard about all the stories where people sue out of their own stupidity. Its just wrong. There are reasons to sue sometimes, but all of these I have seen were wrong. The only people getting rich are the lawyers. Does that seem ok to you? If it does, then go ahead and condone the stupid lawsuits and push our country into the enevitable poor house. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The American way.