__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 19 December 2006 13:19 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Why now is the best time to switch to Linux
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| In the distant past Linux was the play toy of a group of
>>| hobby-hackers...
>>|
>>| Unfortunately, the "hard to use" stigma stuck with Linux. Even today
>>| it still exists. I would say it is the major inhibition when
>>| considering a switch to Linux. People are afraid of change. They
>>| don't want to learn a new OS, commands, and file system. I
>>| completely understand, but I believe that has all changed.
>> `----
>>
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http://www.newstance.com/2006/12/18/why-now-is-the-best-time-to-switch-to-linux/
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> It's a wonderful piece of FUD, isn't it? You pay a lot of people to
> fill the internet and to tell everyone they know how difficult something
> is, in over time, it's inevitable that those who do not know will fall
> for the "majority must be right" fallacy.
It's the big lie approach. Ballmer and the gang have taken a lesson from
history. Remember what the German Minister of Propaganda said in the earlier
20th century.
I can vividly remember a video taken in a Microsoft conference. They instill
in the mind of people the false notion that Linux kernels need to be
recompiled, among other things.
In fact, caught this morning....
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/microsoft_calls_on_geek_squad.html#comments
See what he says about Linux (out of the blue in fact) and the reactions,
including mine.
More quiet storms in:
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/bad_santa.html#comments
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/microsoft_should_take_out_its_real_competitiors.html#comments
The editor there has become a shill, so I could no longer bite my tongue and
I began commenting after a long time of just lurking. Even Ray Ozzie has
seen some of my comment, which weren't too flattering.
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