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Microsoft. We all know them. A lot of us hate them. We can all give reasons, of course; some technical, some philosophical, some economic, some moral, some just plain emotional.
Of course, it's a difficult case. Too many people just get stuck on "Yes, but they're making money", and stop listening at that point. Other people don't even get that far, and stay with "They're popular", or even the dreaded "They made it possible for anybody to use a computer", or other catchphrases which tend to just derail real arguments. And it's not because they're valid points, it's because they're practically impossible to address; they're perfectly valid points, but in a totally different context than the one the arguments are in.

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Passend dazu dieser Text, den ich schonmal verlinkt habe.
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