__/ [ 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.
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