____/ Kier on Sunday 22 July 2007 15:58 : \____
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:16:50 +0000, spike1 wrote:
>
>> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>> In article <pta9n4-uih.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> childish behaviour, and so on. The open-source folk are, by and large,
>>>> more of the understatement crowd.
>>
>>> Like [H]omer's statement?
>>
>>> First 911
>>> Now 235
>>> Microsoft is the new Al-Qaeda
>>
>>> Is that the kind of understatment you are thinking of?
>>
>> Well, microsoft's caused more damage to the world economy than Al Qaeda
>> could ever dream of.
>
> Last I looked, MS had not started sending out suicide bombers. Let's get
> a sense of perspective here, eh?
>
>>
>> It's a fair statement.
>
> No, it's a stupid statement.
I'd agree with Keir here.
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