So I spent the evening with my brother-in-law & his extended family. Somehow we got on the topic of computers and the whole linux vs microsoft topic came up. I had no idea that some people felt so strongly about microsoft & the ‘Saint’ that is Mr. Gates.
Here are a few gems that I heard today:
“Firefox doesn’t display correctly. I’m a web designer, I should know.”
..and in response to my comment about IE not being standards compliant in the least..
“They don’t have to, they make their own standards”
“You don’t need antivirus unless you go downloading all kinds of stuff, and those spyware programs always find stuff. It’s all harmless.”
“There is a reason that guy just gave Bill Gates all that money. He’s doing so many great things for the world.” …and this may have been over the line but I slipped and replied “He’s trying to buy his way back into heaven for all the people he’s screwed!”
He also got offended that I called viruses a ‘Microsoft thing’. I guess he doesn’t understand that they basically just don’t exist & don’t do much harm on any other type of system.
I don’t know where people get this crap… it makes me sick.