Sunday, March 25, 2012

Thanks again Microsoft.

Once again Microsoft has provided me a reason to swear off its products.

Installed on my Lenovo computer were to typical MS Office products. And they did work, at one time. But in typical Microsoft fashion, they quickly became unusable with a 'Click-to-run' error, which is one of Microsoft's menagerie of cloud products. Doing the usual search of Microsoft errors, a chore Microsoft users are all too familiar with, I found plenty of other users in the same boat.

No, I won't be searching more on the topic or trying to fix it myself, as I have had to do with so many of its products. No, this provides me with just another excuse why I should not use their products. They are so bound and determined to tie the public to their company, like indentured servants, they will use any means possible, even if its irks their users. There is a kind of peace in it. Once you shed their shackles, as I did a few years back, you never want to go back. Sure I'll use a product readily handy for a few minutes or hours(if that's possible for a MS product), but will not chase down their errors, whether they are there on purpose or not. Thank heavens there are plenty of other products out there not so determined to capture you at any cost (to you).

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