Shouldn't the shareholders of the Detroit pension funds, have a right to profit? This is "good," right? If they can make MORE money by merging with Microsoft why not?
1. Because the CEO Steve Ballmer is NUTZ! He makes W look sane & sober.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsboPUjrGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo Does Detroit really want THIS MAN in charge of their retirement fund?
2. Because Microsoft has more than enough power to screw up the world they don't need more!
3. Because my old Macintosh & hotmail.com worked well, 4 or 5 years ago...then Microsoft mucked with it, I couldn't
download the newest version of Internet Explorer........Microsoft dick-tated it! So I had to spend 600. for a used
IBook that is so small it was making me blind! Then generous friend bought me the newest fanciest Mac Intel duo
with a 24" screen. It's wonderful; BUT it had Microsoft's slimy hands all over it.A 60 day test version of
Microsoft Word. I had a commission to design an invitation...........There was NO WORD PROCESSING DOC INSTALLED!
NO APPLEWORKS WHICH WAS THE MACINTOSH!
I tried using the Nazilike, M Word only to find out that until I sprang for the $500.00 purchase, the print out
would have test Microsoftword written across the print-out.!! I couldn't transfer & upgrade my 4 valuable Adobe
Graphic Design programs, There's $2,500.-$3,000. out of my pocket right there. I can't use any of my old projects
which represent HOURS of work, because of the upgrades............I have to start EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH!
4. Because 15 years ago when Steven King purchased a computer for our library & I started surfing the net, I have relied
on Yahoo as my search engine! More recently while Google has taken over as the big gorilla, as an artist I frequently have
to chose Yahoo to make a search. It is more visually oriented than Google. I was researching wet suits, for an illustration
project. Google gave me a text, left brain" description! Yahoo gave me pictures!
5. Because monopolies are bad news!