Not really, there are numerous positive things one can say about MS and
some about Vista but I don't recall being called a fanboy recently
What is maybe interesting is that MICHAEL and I have had many
disagreements about many things and there was certainly no collaboration
in forming opinions of Vista - in fact MICHAEL has some months seniority
with the OS over me...
Yet we have come to the same conclusions about both the OS and the
attitudes and regular contributors here.
We both would prefer to see MS take a different route it seems, and yet
would also like to see the Linux community and others do well. Both
communities have huge potential to innovate, and innovation frequently
comes from rivalry. We put men on the moon as a result of competition,
when US Vs USSR competition waned progress in space stalled.
However MS and their customers both stand to lose a lot and if MS is the
only game in town there's no safety net.
So yes I can be sarcastic as hell about their mistakes, too right, it's
too important to pretend they have made none, but usually I try to be
constructive about my criticisms.
You cannot expect users to come here all prepared and all knowing, damn,
if they were they'd have no need of the place, but when it comes down to
MS paying customers being made to feel stupid by people they unknowingly
believe to be IT "Professionals" then you bet I'll react. We WERE all
there one time...
So your point is taken, but filter out the extremes and the rest just
drifts by unnoticed