Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> [H]omer on Friday :
>> Doug Mentohl spake:
>>
>>> "We at Digg couldn't think of a better partner to get to where we need
>>> to go,"
>>>
>>> "They're a young ad service, they're innovative, they're willing to
>>> work with us on the cutting edge."
>>>
>>> http://snipurl.com/1os5r
>>>
>>> http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Digg-fires-Google-hires-
>>> Microsoft-for-online-advertising/2007/07/26/1185339120973.html
>>
>> Given the number of Microsoft Shills infesting Digg, this doesn't
>> surprise me at all.
>
> When Digg opened a "Microsoft" section, the number of submissions on
> that topic went through the roof and I was no longer able to track any
> Microsoft news there. There were lots of 'Microsoft fan' blogs.
>
> Who advocates monopoly abusers without payments or without the chance of
> receiving rewards? Microsoft has been caught giving prizes to those who
> engage in grassroots stuff, in which case it's simply astroturfing.
> Reward follows action, not vice versa, but it's essentially the same.
> They give the impression and send the message that they will share money
> with those who do marketing in disguise.
This was the impression by one blogger:
http://marshallk.com/microsoft-wants-its-laptops-back
[quote]
The computer itself doesn't retail for $2k plus for nothing - it's fast.
Windows is so annoying and (to me, a Mac user) so counter-intuitive, that
I'd never buy a Windows machine. My partner won't touch the thing. I'm
going to set it up to look pretty, take incoming news as if it was the 2nd
half of a super large monitor and work on my Mac. Not that I'm super happy
with the crash-happy, Flash-hating Macbook I have either. (That said,
Parallels is a great program for testing Windows only applications.) See
also oops - no new podcasts caught by iTunes for a week.
Ultimately all these companies are probably a lot like cell phone
providers. Which is the least ugly one in the room? I wouldn't chose at
all if I didn't have to.
I can't believe they are telling me not to keep it now. What kind of
blogosphere reaction were they expecting?
[/quote]
> Last year, when 'redhatcat' left Digg he said that the place was getting
> filled with Microsoft shills. I think he said this in one of the threads
> where people attacked me /ad hominem/ (it happens almost every day now).
>
> When I came to think about it, the shills won in a way. I no longer
> submit many stories that criticise or expose Microsoft. When I did, then
> quite immediately, the 'usual suspects' would strike within minutes or
> hours. You can find like 10-30 comments on Comes vs Microsoft
> submissions that never even made the front page (they got buried
> beforehand). Many of them still have PR5, so a simply Google search
> leads to them (like a gateway to a PDF that cannot be interpreted).
It it interesting how the truth manages to still come through, which is
good, even though some intend to do actions to result in near censorship.
It sounds very much like the grass roots trolling done by Iomega employees
a decade ago. They were replying with bashes on blog sites where unhappy
campers with failed Iomega products were posting their complaints. I had
a failed 2GB Ditto tape backup unit, chucked it up as a loss and purchased
a surplus Conner 4GB one, which worked perfectly. I wrote of my
experiences of Iomega on the Ditto and received responses not different
from the troll responses in COLA.
> Now, don't get me wrong... I have no problem with stories getting buried
> for being SPAM, inaccurate, or whatever. In this case, I simply quoted
> Microsoft from a newly-revealed court exhibit. People liked it. People
> Dugg this very quickly. How can this be buried? Microsoft has already
> buried oneenstire Web site. Thanks goodness we have mirrors of the case
> in Iowa (however partial they may be, since Microsoft settled within
> weeks and some 'laundry'). Now we just need all of this in textual form.
> There's just too much of that.
>
> Look at the number of pages here:
>
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
>
> That's just _one among thousands_. A lot of it is "criminal" material.
> Planet Earth must see this. History needs it. This particular one that
> Nessuno pulled a couple of weeks ago actually reached the attention of
> tens of thousands (even if just the excerpt was read). I don't like the
> idea of Microsoft being around Digg at this moment.
It does make one wonder on intentions. Personally, I am for leaving the
Microsoft camp. I look at an operating system and application software as
a means to accomplish work, entertainment, information distro, etc. It is
not a religion. As Ernie Ball experienced freedom when he left the camp,
so will others.
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HPT
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