On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:02:09 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
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>__/ [ flyer ] on Thursday 15 February 2007 08:46 \__
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>> It's GOOD news, and it's well summarized.
>>
>> These posts are valuable to those who have watched MS screw
>> individuals and companies for so long now.
>>
>> It's also encouraging to the effort to build Linux into a huge
>> mountain to drop onto MS like a boulder onto a slimy poisonous bug.
>
>I try not to use strong language, but thanks. I agree with what you say and
>the purpose of the posts is not only to show that Free Open Source software
>is far ahead, but also to show why it hasn't caught on. There is a /huge/
>level of corruption in industry and the transparency of the Internet makes a
>lot of it visible. One just needs to dig a little. Those who perceive
>Windows market share as validity of its value ought to know the /real/
>reason why Windows has become so ubiquitous (and will remain widespread for
>quite some time).
>
>If you spot mistakes in my post, please please _please_ point this out. I
>never post wrong information knowingly or deliberately. Not everything
>that's pulled from underground (e.g. quiet cases of fraud) is published in
>sites that are peer-reviewed with validated sources (sometimes phonecalls
>made to companies). The CNN and Fox News are unlikely to cover something
>that upsets the industry which surrounds them. They also seek to please the
>readers, but there's a balance there (which includes being cocky to funding
>sources). COLA doesn't have the financial factor. I'm not sure about sites
>like The Inquirer and Slashdot, which happen to be more upfront.
I get furious with MS and their absurd "business practices" (which
land them in court -- should land them in jail), and sometime say
something stupid and over the top, and it makes me sound like an
idiot.
Better with the calm factual posts as you do. Keep It Up. It's sinking
in.
The volume is justified and is just more good news for the whole crazy
industry.
That you're attacked by MS boot lickers is proof you're being
effective.
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