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Re: [News] Mark Shuttleworth Spills Money to Increase Linux Adoption

* Tim Smith fired off this tart reply:

> In article <1678380.lIaP2dLNl4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> He uses Fool.com terms (e.g. Mr. Softie). Fool.com is a Microsoft-affiliated
>> site which is used to boost its image (Barron's is another). He drinks the
>> Kool-Aid. Ignore him.
>
> Is anyone keeping a list of all the entities Roy thinks are controlled 
> by Microsoft or its agents?  So far, we've got:
>
>    fool.com
>    Barron's
>    Forbes
>    The BBC
>    The British Museum
>    All three branches of the US government
>    ECMA
>    ISO
>    Digg
>
> and I think I've missed a few.

I think he believes they've been 'turfed, not controlled (except for the
BBC <grin>).

>> Make no mistake. He's not independent. From an E-mail I received:
>
> Wow.  Anonymous hearsay.  That's convincing.

Microsoft is a funded religion.

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