Chambers wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Is there anything Microsoft could do that wouldn't be evil?
> 
> Sure, the XBox is a great product, and has pretty much killed my impulse 
> to game on a PC.

But... but... It's running *Windows*!  And it has DRM!  Eeeevil! ;-)


>> Follow the standard: Evil proprietary software (See Sun's Java lawsuit)
> 
> That one was actually because they didn't follow the standard, even 
> though they signed a contract saying they would.

They *did* follow the standard. They passed more of the 
standards-checking tests than Sun's implementation did. You just had to 
check the checkbox in the development environment that said "complain 
about Microsoft-only extensions" if you wanted complaints about 
Microsoft-only extensions. The MS JVM was actually better and more 
standard than Sun's were.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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