On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:59:37 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
> Kier wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:04:33 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>
>>> Kier wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:56:11 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The sales figures from Asus were limited by production capacity. If I
>>>>> recall correctly, 5 million units were expected to sell next year.
>>>>> These forecasts were changed and the numbers elevated significantly
>>>>> just before Xmas (I'll fetch the references if you want). Asus insists
>>>>> that it can dominate 20% of the laptops market and the Eee PC is bound
>>>>> to become its second most important product. Vista won't run on the Eee
>>>>> PC any time soon (with reasonable performance and real attraction).
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't let Timmy and the Microsoft apologist downplay the significance
>>>>> of this. They will try very hard.
>>>>
>>>> Why don't you stop calling him 'Timmy' and an MS apologist, when he's
>>>> neither.
>>>
>>> But he *is* a MS apologist
>>
>> I don't think he is. Just not fervently anti-MS.
>
> Strange then that he defends the astroturfers and trolls constantly
> Strange then that he constantly attacks linux advocates, with completely
> whacko "arguments" often enough
He may question their arguments, that's what discussion groups are for,
surely. If he's wrong, shoot him down. But he isn't always wrong.
>
>>>
>>>> And I haven't heard him denigrate the EeePC at all.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, he did not call Osama a hero, too
>>
>> That's not a sensible argument, Peter. Saying nothing, either for or
>> against something, does not indicate anything except that the poster has
>> no comment to make.
>
> Tell Tim "Hadron" "Funkenbusch" that. *He* is trying to imply those things
> about me in the ubuntu group, feverishly defending Hadron Quark
Really? When?
>
>> And why drag someone like Osama bin Laden into this?
>
> Because that is another matter he said nothing about, like the EeePC for
> example?
Obviously. But it's a false argument.
>
>> You haven't heard me speak against him either - that doesn't mean I think
>> he's a hero.
>>
>
> Reading comprehension 101 failed?
No. Not speaking against something does not imply support.
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