Please tell me whom you believe my opponents are?

"a skeptic of $prevailingOpinionOnHighlyPoliticizedTopic in the scientific community."

You are going to have to get used to the idea that evolution is supported by evidence and that the Earth really is billions of years old.

Sorry

Why is this on /.?

"The fact that Microsoft did a cut off the knees of .NET is going to boomerang against Microsoft anyways" You might want to tell Microsoft that because they apparently don't know it.

He has a 4 digit UID so don't trust a damn thing he says.

Is the childish and completely wrong Windows isn't a real OS crap ever going to stop?

Funny I have no problem at all using Windows 8 with a keyboard.

Here is your proof.

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What is hard about downloading and installing Visual Studio Express?

How has Microsoft made a hostile environment for developers?

See I know you know better then what you are saying so it makes me wonder why you are deliberately spreading information that is wrong and so easily verifiable as not correct. http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/TOOL-531T "And you have your choice of world-class development tools and languages. JavaScript, C#, VB, C++, C, HTML, CSS, XAML, all for X86-64 and ARM." "This is an extremely important point: If you go and build your Metro style app in JavaScript and HTML, in C# or in XAML, that app will just run when there's ARM hardware available. So, you donâ(TM)t have to worry about that. Just write your application in HTML5, JavaScript and C# and XAML and your application runs across all the hardware that Windows 8 supports." http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/exec/ssinofsky/2011/09-13BUILD.aspx

Why is it that anyone who doesn't hate Microsoft is considered a shill?

Or the Windows 8 folks could simply click the Desktop tile or install Start8 to boot directly to the desktop.

Given the economic damage caused by malware and other malicious programs should the ownership of compilers and other programming tools be restricted to only those authorized by the government? And don't get me started on the potential misuse of knowledge of chemistry and physics perhaps we should regulate those as well. Can't be too careful.

I like Microsoft where do I sign up to get my bribes?