Why I Hate Microsoft
- Microsoft's history, (nutshell version) and a general look and what they do, and why you should avoid them.
- http://www.euronet.nl/users/frankvw/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
The Register: OS Expiration - Expiring OSes? Check the Windows 'best before' dates. - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/02/expiring_oses_check_the_windows/
Microsoft quietly shadows Web surfers across MSN sites - Days after acknowledging a privacy problem with its browser, Microsoft says its privacy policy does not say how it identifies people who travel across its network of Web sites. [CNet] - http://news.com.com/2100-1023-245680.html
Microsoft Versus - Analysis and discussion of Microsoft and comparisons of their products against open source alternatives. - http://www.msversus.org
Does Issuing Passports Make Microsoft a Country? - Am I the only one who is terrified about Microsoft Passport? It seems to me like a fairly blatant attempt to build the world's largest, richest consumer database, and then make fabulous profits mining it. - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000047.html
Bill Sherwood's Anti-Microsoft Page - Personal accounts of low quality tech support and misleading advertising. - http://www.billzilla.org/microsucks.htm
The International Anti-Microsoft Network - Webring of anti-Microsoft, anti-Bill Gates, and anti-Wintel sites. - http://e.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=antims&id=&hub
MSBC Superlist of Anti-Microsoft Web Sites - Indexes more than 250 anti-Ms links and forums: a comprehensive directory of anti-Microsoft activity around the Internet and around the world. - http://www.msboycott.com/super/
MSN Pummels Privacy - It seems that at the same time Microsoft is closing one privacy hole they've been busy creating a bigger one: Universal GUIDs. [WinMag.com] - http://content.techweb.com/winmag/fixes/2000/0915.htm
Appraising Microsoft - Official site of the Appraising Microsoft conferences headed by Ralph Nader and James Love. - http://www.appraising-microsoft.org/
MSN Cookie Data Crosses Domains - How Microsoft web sites like HotMail and MSNBC assign unique ID numbers in cookies, and shares that ID with other web tracking sites. - http://www.pc-help.org/privacy/ms_guid.htm
Microsoft's Stock Options As Tax Loopholes - Rob Landley of Motley Fool argues that Microsoft's size and methods allow it tactics to make money without even selling software. - http://www.fool.com/portfolios/rulemaker/2000/rulemaker000217.htm