On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:15:03 -0700, John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:
> On Aug 6, 9:04 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ubuntu is not a charity: Shuttleworth
>
> You guys go on and on about Novell, a real Linux company, trying to
> survive on the streets by its own wits,
... by buying a distro and making deals with Microsoft...
> but Shuttleworth, a billionaire
> playboy who made his money kiting an Internet company is your great
> hero.
What company did he "kite"?:
"Kiting
1. The act of misrepresenting the value of a financial instrument for the
purpose of extending credit obligations or increasing financial leverage.
2. A fraudulent act involving the alteration or issuance of a check or
draft with insufficient funds."
<http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/kiting>
BTW,
"On 15 October 2006 it was announced that Mark Shuttleworth became the
first patron of KDE, the highest level of sponsorship available."
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth>
>
> Go figure.
Yeah, go figure. Now, why are you dissing Shuttleworth again?
Personally. I think Ubuntu gets way to much press compared to other
distros, such as PCLinuxOS, but that's what happens when you have people
whose job is to market a product.
--
Rick
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