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This page contains links to other sites. I have reviewed the sites to save you time. You can go to just the best of the crop if you want to find good reasons not to go down the MS route.
Links last checked 20 September 1999
Blue Mountain On Line Cards
This is not strictly an anti Microsoft site. The company allows users to send electronic greetings cards to friends and relatives etc. However Microsoft set up a similar site and hard coded a filter within the browser to send all Blue Mountain emails/cards to the trash bin!
The company has been involved in litigation with Microsoft. The treatment of this company by Microsoft shows the attitude of Microsoft better than any anti Microsoft site could. It looks as if Blue Mountain may win. Good luck to them.
Iarchitect
This site has a mix of views. Part of the main site extols using Windows. However its «site of shame» does an excellent job of destroying Windows claims for ease of use. I had thought of doing a similar note, until I saw this page. Take a copy and show it to whoever coordinates your IT at work or school. Whilst there is just the one page it is excellent. 9/10
Convergence
This is technically not an anti Windows site. However the site does not support Windows. It aims to bring users of other computer systems together. The site provides news and information. More importantly it is free to join.
Paul Vigay - The International Anti Microsoft Campaign Headquarters
A nice site. It has a nice mixture of graphics, links and humour. There are also some nicely thought out articles, based on several aspects of Windows. The site doesn't go into all of Windows faults (I expect he'd still be writing it in 3000AD!), but what there is does hint at the true horror of Windows. There are some interesting links although I have to admit some are definitely broken. The site is not pro anyone OS as far as I can tell. 7/10
Anti Microsoft Association
This is a nicely designed site, with some interesting articles. Some of these articles pull no punches, are factually accurate. I hate to think what a Microsoft lawyer would say. This site also seems to be reguarly updated. 8/10
WebFrames
Oh good I thought on seeing that this was an Acorn Computer site dedicated to seeing off Windows. Oh dear. This site could be quite good but I'm afraid that it has no real message, no facts, and is not really going anywhere. The site is based in the Netherlands, and may have lost something in translation in which case I'll keep quiet as my comprehension of foreign languages is non existant. 4/10 (3 points for being an RISC OS Dealer)
I hate Windows
This is quite a big site. It has a mission statement - to poke fun at everyone. Much of the site content seems to be made up of visitors own views. I haven't seen yet anything from the webmaster. There is some quite amusing bits and pieces. Go to the error page. Some I've seen before, some I'm sure have appeared on my PC at work!. Be warned some of the language is quite strong - but nothing to obscene. This site is probably the most unusual that I've come across. 8/10
Jimbo
Unless I've missed something there is no actual anti Microsoft content - just a link to the Paul Vigay site (at the top of this page). 0/10
The Trash
There is no textual message at this site. It does have however lots of anti Windows graphics. Some of them are very amusing, others didn't make sense to me. The site is let down by poor design unfortunately, and takes ages to download, one to avoid from the UK at peak times. I've put a couple of the best ones on the next page for you to get an idea of what to expect on the site. 6/10
More sites coming soon
Do you know a good Anti Microsoft Site? mail me with details at jpeachey@argonet.co.uk
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