The Angry Drunk

In the Retarded Zealot Hall of Fame there is none loftier than Paul Thurrott. He has achieved a level of absolute inanity that is unpar­al­leled by any MacMac, free­tard or New Media Douchebag. Given that fact, today’s bit of men­tal vomit comes as lit­tle surprise.

Microsoft Licenses ActiveSync to Google Why is the com­pany coop­er­at­ing with a competitor?

There you have the head­line of today’s dia­tribe; and there you have the crux of the idiocy. See, like any good zealot, in Paul’s mind Microsoft must be the end all and be all of, well, every­thing. The mere thought of coop­er­a­tion is trauma induc­ing. Paul begins by spend­ing a few sen­tences mak­ing snide com­ments about “conspiracy-happy Mac fanat­ics” (pot meet ket­tle) before mak­ing this comment:

With Apple gain­ing usage share in the PC mar­ket reg­u­larly over the past sev­eral years, why is Microsoft prop­ping up this ever-stronger com­peti­tor with the cru­cial Office pro­duc­tiv­ity suite?

Oh, I don’t know Paul; maybe because Apple and Microsoft aren’t really com­peti­tors.I know that this is a shock­ing con­cept to both sides of the OS wars, but it’s true. Apple doesn’t com­pete with Microsoft. Fuck, every cur­rently ship­ping Apple Macintosh com­puter not only

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