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Citan on 28 July 2009
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Darth Tigris said:
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To the people calling Microsoft a greedy, money-hungry corporation.

Sony and Nintendo are too.

Congratulations on figuring out what a COMPANY is. Certainly hope nobody strained themselves.

 

Greedy and money-hungry applies to Microsoft, A company focussed on profit is Nintendo.

 

The way they achieve these goals determines how I categorize them.

 

That's why I think Microsoft is evil, and takes advantage of it's customers.

 

It's kind of like a businessman and a drug dealer.

 

I mean after all they are just both trying to sell things to get money right? The method they use to get that money is what counts.

 

Before I respond to this, do you know what PROFITS are? Your first line says "no, I do not."

 

Of course, Profit = Revenue - expenses.

It's obvious it's the only reason These companies, or any company for that matter, exists, heck it's the only reason we do anything worthwile really (for the most part). The way you state things it's like all companies are greedy money-whores, which soudns extremely negative.

I don't have a problem with that, what I do have a problem with, like i've stated earlier, is the method a company uses to get that money. Microsoft's tactics,  i find, are insulting. Which is why I, and many others, hate them as a company. I love their products (Windows, xbox) But I despise the company behind it.

Could you specify these tactics that Microsoft uses?  I thank you in advance.

I saw this and thought I'd post a couple of links to wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft

Microsoft have a habit of breaking laws and getting away with it.

Ok, I skimmed most of that, but I fail to see what is unique to Microsoft in a lot of those (and definitely very little for the gaming division).  Sure, someone decided to put forth enough effort to do a Wiki on Microsoft criticism to make things easier to find, but with more dedicated research Sony and Nintendo can be called out on probably about the same number of indiscretions (things that actually affect US as consumers directly).  So why are people so insulted about Microsoft's and not others?

Do you know what cultural means? In this case it means that microsoft comes from a more dishonorable culture where there are more "cheating" if I may call it that, than where Nintendo and Sony are.