I read an article today on CNN that Microsoft was developing a Search engine so that they could compete with Google. What, did they feel they ran out of competition? Time on their hands? Not enough security patches to develop to take up their time? (Right.) Perhaps they were jealous that another company had something that they didn't - something that worked. Without a reboot.
More than just the fact that they are indeed a monopoly that will run any decent technology in the ground and then charge you for it, I have a fundamental problem with Microsoft.
You know when you were in school and had to take a math test without a calculator to do your work for you? (Of course, some of you may have never seen that day.) You actually had to learn how to do something for yourself. How to think. What a novel idea.
Well, Microsoft decided to program a computer, you shouldn't have to think for yourself. It would create an environment where you just start typing or drag and drop pictures, and your code would write itself. The problem with this is that you end up with a bunch of computer programmers that don't understand the most essential component of computer programming - logic. I see them all the time, every day.
Yes, I know that you can program only in Microsoft's languages and still be technical. But you must admit, that group is slim. And getting slimmer. I don't think I want the person who wrote the software that handles my money or even my hospital to not have a good concept of logic, do you?
We must all band together to face the enemy. It's everywhere you look, and soon to visit a search engine near you.
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