The Paul Wall : Eyeball to Eyeball with Hollywood; California Fine Whine
The Crying Game
Stewart Alsop comes out as a self-confessed California Whiner in his Fortune column, which is fine. He makes some legitimate points about today’s commercial software. What I’m wondering, though, and a question I increasingly ask Microsoft bashers, is simply this: Why live with the software equivalent of hemorrhoids? Have you actually tried an alternative? I remember Stewart’s famous columns announcing his switch from Mac to Windows. What about switching back? Or trying out Linux/open source?
It’s hard not to have to deal with stuff that 95% of the world uses. Bear in mind that their reach expands beyond the products they offer.