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Book: Just Say No to Microsoft
Of course the vast majority of our readers know that Microsoft isn't the only manufacturer of operating systems out there. But we also know that it's often difficult to convince some IT people that Mac OS X and Linux systems are viable options. Author Tony Bove gives us another tool to help people understand that Windows isn't the only option. His just released book Just Say No to Microsoft: How to Ditch Microsoft and Why It's Not as Hard as You Think discusses the origin of Microsoft as a small software company and explains how the "company's practices over the years have discouraged innovation, stunted competition, and helped foster an environment ripe for viruses, bugs, and hackers." Readers will also learn about alternative softwares to Microsoft's applications and ways to integrate Windows with Macs and Linux machines.I've ordered this book and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. If it lives up to its description, I'll offer a more detailed review at a later date.
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mdavey said 12:11PM on 11-08-2005
A little bit of trivia for International readers:
The title of the book is based on a successful Anti-drugs campaign in the US in the 1980s: "Just say no to drugs". UK readers in their late twenties/early thirties might remember the Grange Hill TV series that picked up on the campaign with a story line about Zammo's heroin addiction in 1986. The cast went on to reelase a single, "Just say no!", to raise awareness of drug abuse.
Microsoft has been likened to a drug dealer before now (Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and S?io Amadeu, president of Brazil's ITI have both used the phrase 'the first hit is free' to describe Microsoft's drug-dealer like tactics), so it will be interesting to see what new insights Author Tony Bove has to offer.
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Blacky said 3:44PM on 11-08-2005
The title, no matter if it is based on an anti-drug campaign or not, is far away from being unbiased or objective and I doubt that anyone expects a well-founded discussion about the pros and cons of the different operating systems. This book seems to be plain old microsoft-bashing, boring as ever and this time it's even ugly: The cover alone should be already reason enough not to buy that book.
So who is supposed to be the audience? People who have already switched away from microsoft long ago and need a little bit of self-affirmation? I'd like to be proved wrong, so I'm eagerly awaiting the review :D
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