I Love Microsoft

[NormDroid]

If software was free we'd all be picking carrots in a field.

Two heads are better than one.

[Chris Losinger]

nope. i'd be a chemist.

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[NormDroid]

I'd like to own a large scale poly tunnel farm growing capsicum varities. :)

Two heads are better than one.

[Lost User]

sasha winston wrote:

Imagine a world where every software was free, and google the free search engine was free to advertisers, and Facebook the free social service was free to advertisers as well, and all the games were free....and the list goes on.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, and a company needs to make a profit. Would you dabble in the muck for sheer fun? I guess that depends if you need the brass to pay the bills :)

I are Troll :suss:

[Lost User]

So.. he blames MS for selling their software? He's not cynical enough. And you only like programming because you get paid? I suggest you become an accountant.

[Xiangyang Liu]

Chris Losinger wrote:

yes

Send me free code plz. :)

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[Chris Losinger]

http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/MemberArticles.aspx?amid=42[^]

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[CPallini]

harold aptroot wrote:

I suggest you become an accountant.

Being Bill's son, he doesn't need a job, I suppose. :)

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[Henry Minute]

I read that before looking at who the poster was. It was a surprise to see that it was you because I had assumed it was from Alison! :laugh:

Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

[eslsys]

Would the MS hater have been appeased if MS gave some stuff away for free? Or did he just hate MS and needed to rationalise?

[Pierre Leclercq]

eslsys wrote:

if MS gave some stuff away for free

You mean like this?: http://www.microsoft.com/express/Windows/[^]

You can't turn lead into gold, unless you've built yourself a nuclear plant.