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Re: [News] ComputerWorld Forecast: IBM or Red Hat to Sue Microsoft Over FUD Tactics

__/ [ 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?

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