Free Software Open Source 4evR!

Ok, I added the “4evR” part but today a guy rushed the stage of a Bill Gates speech in China. He held a sign that read (In English) “Free Software Open Source”. Of course punks and nerds everywhere thought this was awesome. These same people are the people who hate Microsoft and think that they are a monopoly. Well this is just my opinion, but I personally do not have any problems with how Microsoft does business. Sure some of their software is overpriced, but who’s to say what the price should be?

As far as I’m concerned, if you can sell it for a high price more power to you. Sure Microsoft buys out smaller open source projects only to encrypt the code and sell it later for a profit. So? That’s called business. Open source has its’ place but if somebody has the money to buy it and sell it then why should that be a reason to hate them? It’s our own fault if Microsoft has become so rich and powerful. 99% of the world uses Windows operating systems.

At this point I think Microsoft is unstoppable. They make buggy software sometimes but in the long run the problems are fixed and realistically you end up with a very stable and secure product. You can point fingers and hate all you want but if you started Microsoft you would do the same things. It’s called business. And if you think Microsoft products are inferior then I welcome you to make something better. Good luck getting your share of the market though. I think the only company with a decent chance of gaining on Microsoft is Apple. If it weren’t for the fact that most games don’t work on Mac computers I’d probably already have one.

Source: engadget