5 reasons to worry about a Microsoft/Yahoo merger

About Microsoft and Vista

Sometimes the name chosen speaks volume about the product. In this case of Microsoft Vista, In one of the most ancient languages of the world , Sanskrit, the word means "Excreation" or "Sh*t"

Wow your ignorance is

Wow your ignorance is overwhelming. First Microsoft is not "Evil" rather it is predictable, Microsoft is a demonstration of capitalism, meaning at the end of the day look at the bottom line.

2nd Yahoo right winged hack? How do you begin to justify this statement? Yahoo is very supportive of open source.

Google...Google does stuff well yes. And while they appear to be nice by not charging you instead they do data mining on you.

Have you ever contacted customer support of any of these companies? Google is by far the most unresponsive.

As for Bill Gates well I don't know how someone can be a "phony philanthropist" it is his money and his to spend. Frankly he is one the biggest philanthropists in the world, in the last couple years his personal net worth has gone down because of his charitable activities. I ask you MR. Blomstorm when was the last time you gave more than you made in a year to charity? My guess is never unless you do not have a job.

And because I know your type well I will put an end to your question right away...NO I DO NOT WORK FOR MICROSOFT! I happen to be an avid Linux user and supporter of open source technology.

About Microsoft's Charity

I think Charity is the best way to win public sympathy, and a way to blur public's perception of you and your ways of earning money. It is naive to think that the way of functioning of a person or an organization has changed because they are doing charity work. Think it as excess fat on the body. Shedding extra fat is a necessity and not a charity

Microsoft should first make

Microsoft should first make their main product to work properly - that's OS.
In general their products are worse and worse. Even their web line of products that is in focus now, doesn't work properly. For example Windows Live, unstable, unoptimised, etc..
They are using their strong position not to inovate.
What is the point of good/better/the best techical support, if you are selling crap to consumers?

Worse and worse....have not

Worse and worse....have not seen this deterioration in the quality of MS products. A simple fact is that software has bugs. Most people do not get this, I worked as a tester for another fortune 500 company and I can tell you MS is very good with there quality control compared to most companies that try to write software

Did you graduate

Allow me to digress, but I continuously find it incredibly shocking that most people can't spell. Makes you look like a juvenile or high school dropout. The correct word is "their"- possessive, not "there"- as opposed to "here." May sound petty, but without attention to detail, people can't write good software let alone grasp nuances.