XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:55:16 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
      
   > On Aug 12, 2025 at 10:52:57 PM EDT, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:25:55 +0000, Tyrone wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Microsoft has never been in better shape in its entire 47 year   
   >>> history.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, they have tried to sell stupid products that failed. But they are   
   >>> laughing all the way to the bank every day.   
   >>   
   >> Always interesting, isn’t it, when someone defends the state of a   
   >> company by trying to point out how profitable it is (i.e. how much   
   >> money it is able to take off customers), rather than how good its   
   >> products are (i.e. how useful those products are to the customers) ...   
   >   
   > Always interesting, isn't it, when someone attacks a company by trying   
   > to point out that being successful is a bad thing.   
   >   
   > Many people MUST find the products useful, else why would Microsoft be   
   > making so much money? In fact, Microsoft is now the second $4 trillion   
   > company in the world.  NVIDIA was the first.  Is NVIDIA evil also?   
      
   Nvidia definitely is! Whenever someone's Linux install goes off the rails   
   the first question is 'Are you using Nvidia?'   
      
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