Well, it seems clear - they write their own software, so it sucks. They
most likely farm off design and manufacturing of peripheral devices to
third party companies - so they don't suck. I can't conceive of MS
itself of it's own capabilities and alleged creativity actually
producing any product that's decent...
Nathan Saper wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Brian Cluff wrote:
>
> > Ive got one of those optical MS mice. I got the $29 version without the
> > extra buttons. It does have the 2 normal buttons, plus the 3rd button/wheel.
> > Its been the best mouse that I have ever owned, and I would highly recomend
> > it.
>
> Just an aside: Isn't it odd that the world's largest software company
> makes shitty software, but the hardware that it sells is decent? I've
> owned lots of Microsoft mice, joysticks, etc, and they've all worked
> great.
>
> Makes ya' think...
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