__/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Friday 22 September 2006 15:11 \__
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:30:07 +0100, Erik Funkenbusch wrote
> (in article <1hcioaof1rr9c.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>
>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:09:15 +0100, Peter Hayes wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:51:34 +0100, Erik Funkenbusch wrote
>>> (in article <1ept6qcm3xfwi$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:45:59 GMT, Mathew P. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering, Eric, but assuming Roy is lying, what's it to you?
>>>>
>>>> Because here's what Roy is doing. He's deliberately creating tons of
>>>> fraudulent subject lines, which then get indexed into google so that
>>>> when someone googles for Linux, they see things like "Why linux
>>>> outperforms windows".
>>>>
>>>> What he's doing is using his newgroup messages to create artificial
>>>> google results.
>>>
>>> So it's ok for Microsoft to fund reports that show them in a good light,
>>> but Roy's allegedly distorting Google search results isn't?
>>
>> Where exactly did I say that?
>
> You didn't, but the web is littered with Microsoft self-promotion, like
>
> <http://techdirt.com/articles/20060915/073745.shtml>
http://omeublog.net/media/linuxmag.jpg
http://users.ugent.be/~bverheg/tame_the_fud.html
Google the search phrase 'linux'
Open up a paper copy of a Linux magazine and you may also find similar FUD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
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