Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 07:29 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 01:04 \__
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> __/ [ Linonut ] on Sunday 04 March 2007 14:53 \__
>>>>>
>>>>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Jim Richardson belched out this bit o'
>>>>>> wisdom:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:09:21 +0000,
>>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 18:44 \__
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Where's fuddie when he's needed .. :)
>>>>>>>> He reads and blushes away...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> who cares? he's not exactly been adding any useful info lately. Maybe
>>>>>>> he's taking a break and examining his life. It'd be good for him.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A Clifford Stoll moment?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Now if we can get the rest of the wintrolls to bugger off, that'd be
>>>>>>> great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a two-sided coin, though. Often the trolls motivate us to provide
>>>>>> useful or important information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Or even entertain the reader, who can witness immaturity, boot licking,
>>>>> and utter stupidity.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There do seem to be fewer than ever of them at the moment, and I do
>>>> wonder just why. They've been resident here for so many years, it seems
>>>> hard to imagine that the disaster which is Vista alone would be the
>>>> reason, and Roy S's posts, great as they are, also seem less than likely
>>>> to be a sole cause. Doug M's postings are surely having an effect, but
>>>> again, don't seem like enough to send the trolls away. What could it
>>>> be?
>>>
>>> Maybe they stopped sucking the Redmond nipple when:
>>>
>>> 1. The employer could no longer afford to compensate in any way (e.g. free
>>> laptops).
>>>
>>> 2. The employer feared what got exposed as a result of aggressive
>>> behaviour in forums.
>>>
>>> 3. Morale in the Vista camp has hit rock-bottom, so enthusiastic Windows
>>> fans no longer took pride in their choice, let alone saw the prospect of
>>> getting paid for the endeavours (e.g. job offer from Microsoft, which is
>>> gradually imploding as profit drop).
>>>
>>
>> Good point - I suppose that there'll be nowhere to go for most of them,
>> now. Perhaps they really did still believe that it would all be okay in
>> the end. Poor deluded fools.
>
> Bear in mind, however, that there was a lull several months ago and they
> returned. So I don't get my hopes up. I still think you should just put that
> "Lintard" thing in the twit list and forget about it. Replying to that tosh
> only leads to more of it.
>
You're quite right, of course, and I will. I just wanted to be quite
sure that his fantasies were well exposed for all to see.
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