Microsoft Reveals Its Colors Again.

I want to like Bill Gates, I really do. He donates a lot of money to charity. But I just can't. Microsoft continues to piss me off with their greed and arrogance.

They just don't get it. The latest is their elimination of Outlook from the Student edition of Office 2007. There is only one reason to do this and that is greed. It sure as hell is not for the customers. Having the student edition of Office, with Outlook, made Office somewhat affordable for the average family. But if they think we can afford over 200 bucks for only one copy/use of Office (don't forget the evil activation folks), then they are smoking some serious weed.

Luckily for me, I can use Google's free online Office suite for my spreadsheet and document needs, Gmail for all my email, and Airset for my Calendaring.

For those of you who need/want their stuff on their computers, do yourself a favor and download the free, yes FREE, Open Office. And use Thunderbird for your emails. Its a lot safer with an excellent junk mail filter built in.