Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 17 March 2007 22:17 \__
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Maverick spake thusly:
>>> Kier wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:32:28 -0600, AB wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 2007-03-17, Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:41:09 -0600, AB wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2007-03-17, Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And where's Erik?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was wondering that myself.
>>>>>>>> Must've got layed off due to Vistas miserable debut.
>>>>>>>> Probably had to go get a job.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What qualifications does he have that would make anyone want to hire
>>>>>>> him?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He may just be studying up for the next round of FUD-slinging. MS
>>>>>>> hasn't given up on trying to bring others down (as opposed to making a
>>>>>>> product people want). Why should Ewik?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe he just got tired of being called 'Ewik'.
>>>>>
>>>>> He's been called that for years. He even started posting more FUD after
>>>>> that started. It didn't seem to bother him before. Why all of a sudden?
>>>>>
>>>>> I may be wrong, but I think there's some relationship to the releases
>>>>> and failures of crappy Vista, crappy Zune, crappy Office, crappy
>>>>> Origami and crappy Xbox. Maybe Office and Vista were the straw on the
>>>>> camel's back.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And maybe he just has a life outside of here, and couldn't give toss what
>>>> any of us think.
>>>>
>>>
>>> After all those years? He just may have gotten laid,... finally.
>>
>> "Laid-off" more like.
>
> He said he no longer worked at the college (no further explantion given), but
> let's stop discussing him. This sort of stuff will only give him reasons to
> revisit.
I understand what you're saying, but this is a bit like having a
lingering injury, one which never quite clears up, for and then, quite
by magic (or so it seems) it heals. It is very difficult to avoid
staring this particular gift-horse in the mouth!
>
>> Microsoft lost the technical argument years ago, and with the dismal
>> launch of their latest dud, there is simply nothing left for them to
>> advocate any more. Without any lead in his pencil, FUDenbusch just
>> can't get his argument to stand up, and his FUD has gone sterile.
Simple & to the point. I can't recall the last time that there was any
worthwhile technical discussion to be had in here in terms of comparing
Windows with Linux - it was certainly a long long time ago. The current
burning issue is the business one - how long will it take before Linux
and floss are the default choice for everyone?
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