__/ [ Linonut ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 03:11 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> MS anti-OSDL [Open Source Development Lab] PR, 2000: "Maureen O' Gara said
>> she was going to call them, so it looks better coming from her"
>>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070417181027290
>>
>> Open source software still fighting FUD
>>
>> http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=42953&cid=11
>>
>> Too late to discredit open source, advocates say
>>
>>
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030607-too-late-to-discredit-open.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
>>
>> 'Puppets' Emerge as Internet's Effective, and Deceptive, Salesmen
>>
>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601742.html?nav=rss_technology
>>
>> A Wake-Up Call to Microsoft's PR Team
>>
>>
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/a-wake-up-call-to-microsofts-pr-team/
>>
>> | And the astroturf taint continues today.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/14/google_lobby/
>>
>> | "Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks using
>> | online mavens to go into forums and create Web sites extolling the
>> | virtues of Windows over OS/2.
>>
>> http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
>>
>> | "We have to outrun this phenomenon [Free software]" he [Ballmer] was
>> | quoted as saying, and " ...if we let up for a minute... then that other
>> | stuff will gain attraction."
>>
>>
http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=01/31/2007&qrTitle=Understanding%20Open%20Source%20technology&qrColumn=ISSUES
>
> Nice selection there, Roy. This stuff needs to be aired. The people
> who say it is off-topic are full of it.
Thank you, Chris. I have begun submitting a few more posts per time unit and
I hope you won't mind this. I mean, if all it takes is a glimpse at the
headers, then overload should hopefully not be a problem (unless you count
the trolls). I am just finding a lot of Linux news these days (a lot more),
and it's too important just escape. I haven't changed the 'mental
thershold'. It's just that Linux is all over the place and it shows.
--
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