__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 11 April 2007 12:17 \__
> William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:47:22 +0100, [H]omer wrote:
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, [H]omer belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>>>
>>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that nick spake thusly:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408
>>>>> Available Desktop Environments / Window Managers:
>>>>> . Debian - 3D-Desktop, 4dwm, 5Dwm, 9wm, aewm, AfterStep, amiwm,
>>>>> Blackbox, Compiz/Beryl, CTWM, dwm, EDE (Equinox),
>>>>> Enlightenment, EvilPoison, evilwm, Fluxbox, foXdesktop,
>>>>> FVWM, FVWM95, FVWM-Crystal, Gnome, hackedbox, HaZe, IceWM,
>>>>> Ion, JD4X (Java Desktop), JWM, Kahakai, KDE, KWin, Larswm,
>>>>> Luminocity, LWM, Matchbox, Metacity, Metisse, MWM (Motif),
>>>>> OLWM/OLVWM, Openbox, Orion, Oroborus, PekWM, PLWM, PWM,
>>>>> Qvwm, ratpoison, ROX, Sawfish, Scwm, Stumpwm, swm, The
>>>>> GREAT Desktop, TrsWM, twm, UDE, uwm, Waimea, WindowLab,
>>>>> Window Maker, wm2, WMI, wmii, XD640, XFCE, Xfwm, XPde,
>>>>> XPwm, XWEM
>>>>> . Vista - Aero
>>>>
>>>> Lie. Vista also offers a classic interface.
>>>
>>> WooHoo! ... somebody hold me back ;)
>>>
>>> Yes, thanks for reminding me about the interface that everyone except
>>> "Premium" Vista users will be using.
>>
>> Which lead to this: There's a woman suing M$ over it's misleading labels
>> on new PCs.
>>
>> Apparently M$ "Fista Capable" labels are being put on put on machines
>> which are capable of running Fista Home Basic.....but NOT necessarily
>> the Premium edition which all the bells & whistles.
>> (Natch, M$ disagrees.....but what else is new.)
>>
>> The lawsuit is claiming that it's *misleading* to slap a logo on
>> machines which *cannot* even run Flip-3D etc.
>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38778
>>
>>
>> I've no doubt the M$ shills, astroturfers & apologists will be along
>> shortly to give their take on this.
>>
>
> I'm not sure, you know, whether they will. Whilst the skills are
> certainly out in numbers at the moment, and our very own Erik
> Funkenbusch is back, spinning wildly as ever, they seem to lack further
> credibility each time. It must be increasingly hard trying to find
> anything other than a straight flame these days.
Enderle has just taken another attack on Linux, implying the death threats
issued to a blogger are sometimes related or reminiscent of 'Linux zealots'.
But wait! He published the stuff as a press release as well, which means
that someone is paying good money to get that stuff wider exposure. See my
recent item about Groklaw's analysis of shills... O'Gara, Loyns... Enderle
and Didio seem to fit another group... and I see many others in different
Web sites, but they are not always high-status names. Many of them are
anonymous. Only a fool would think it's innocent and ordinary.
Outside this NG, there are some more intersting things going on, but I can't
quite discuss them in public. As I said before, Microsoft and its ilk are
willing to play hardball, just as they did in the OS/2 days. Never trust
vicious monsters like Ballmer and his gang.
--
~~ With kind regards
Roy S. Schestowitz | Anonymous posters are more frequently disregarded
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