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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Thufir ] on Tuesday 02 January 2007 10:48 \__
>
>> On Mon, 1 Jan 2007, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>> [...]
>>> Why do they have no hope of winning? Because Microsoft is merely
>>> expressing it's opinion, and you can't sue someone to stop expressing an
>>> opinion.
>>
>> What about misleading advertising?
>
> Advertising is, by definition, misleading. It's a form of brainwash...
> persuasion of one's mind that's one-sided... you know, for maximal impact
> compressed into x seconds/pixel of paid placement.
>
> Question is, why are Linux advocates here? Is it because they are digital
> Freedom fanatics? Or do they want a shiny Ferrari laptop?
>
There are some pretty solid laws around advertising though, at least
here, anyway. Also, the EULAs really should be challenged, as they're
surely pretty much unenforcable anyway, at least in the UK, and
apparently in Germany too.
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