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>Capitalism is not a perfect, or even good system

too stupid; didn't read

It only takes a few weeks for some types of software to be done 100% right, and naturally there is going to be people that want to make it just for the sake of it being there.

pretty much right except for the second line. no fucking way is opera a superior browser

> There will never be comprehensive support for free OS's.
You know how the phrase "micro$oft" came about, right?

>Capitalism is not a perfect, or even good system, but there is no better alternative.

What the fuck does have to do with anything? GNU/Linux is not anti capitalist you stupid fuck. Also It works a lot better than windows, but imo OS X is better for day to day usage.

>This is because paid employees work harder.
http://www.novell.com/home/
http://www.redhat.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/openness/default.aspx
please go back to your middle school and stop bitching about things you lack even a rudimentary understanding of

>implying Linux isn't used professionally
>implying company don't pay for Linux support
>implying Google, Yahoo and even Microsoft don't use Linux on all their servers
>implying they use Linux because they're poor
>implying your toy Facebook-browser OS is a "professional" workstation
>implying you're not a liberal arts major
>implying you make than minimum wage in the mall food court
>implying you know technology
>2011

>Microsoft office is superior to OpenOffice is superior to LibreOffice.
Hardly.
>This is because paid employees work harder.
Not always, for one. And it's proven that money being the main motivator for creative jobs is a poor method of getting work done.
>GNU/Linux or other freeware operating systems will never be the most popular operating systems.
This is a stupid assumption. Mostly because it isn't true for all markets. And Linux isn't freeware.
>Richard Stallman has overly idealistic, ultimately unreal and impossible expectations of the digital age.
I halfway agree. But I think he is a necessary annoyance.

And the rest is just assumptions. The system is most certainly not "truly neutral". We don't live in a purely capitalist society.

>>21673753
>It only takes a few weeks for some types of software to be done 100% right

Software is /almost never/ "100% right".

Trolling is not allowed outside of /b/.

>>21673855

Then why do businesses simply not switch over to OpenOffice the next time they want to do their taxes?

>>21673903
Some of them have.
But when you realize how MS has bred people from their first office related computer experiences to only learn MSO, it becomes clear that retraining such a habit can be tough, and cost time/money that some companies aren't willing to invest. That's not an objective advantage, just good marketing.

But there are a few MSO exclusive features that aren't as easily done with other suites, although it isn't like EVERY office worker would need them. Or even the majority.

>>21673903

What the fuck?

Does OP think he's the 1% or something?

>>21673903
Since the buttons aren't in the right position.
Technologically inept people bitched and complained when Microsoft changed its UI from 2007 to 2010.

Also, those fancy macros won't work.

>>21673880
it could be, but executives wants thing fast and cheap so software almost always turns out shit

also people for some reason love to reinvent the wheel all the time

>>21673698
I agree even though I use free software.

Actually, the capitalist system IS designed to step on the poor, because of limited resources. It's not maliciously intended 'ha ha ha which poor people am I going to step on today' but when profit has to come from somewhere and the system makes it that those with more capital will gain more than those with less, it will result in the rich/strong taking from the poor/weak. Even if everyone on earth becomes competent workers, the coexistence of scarcity and greed WILL put some people in unemployment or poverty. Believing otherwise is just naive or bald-faced lying.

>>21674022
then how do you explain Microsoft's position on corporate social responsibility? it's education initiatives? Bill Gates' plan to vaccinate the world/give all his money away?

not every corporation is 100% evil. there are ways to make money and make everyone better off at the same time.

>>21674022

>The system is designed to step on the poor
>But not intentionally
>It's accidentally designed to step on the poor
>Designed to perform something by accident.

No.

When I piss in the urinals at my work, some splashes back on my feet.

Was the urinal designed to splash piss on my feet? Fuck no. Do I blame the urinal's designer? A little. Do I blame the urinal? Of course not.

It's a shame that poor people tend to get poorer. But it's not intentional, and it's nobody's fault.

>>21673982
Actually the ones who complain more about ribbon UI are mostly power users. Technologically inept users only use the most basic functions of MS Office and hence easier to adapt to the new interface.

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