The [H]omer award for COLA Advocate of the Week:
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(Explaining why Microsoft's battle against FOSS is a lost cause)
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| One of stopping points for not attacking the Linux community over
| patents is the question 'Who do you take to task that will make a
| difference'. Lets say MS attacked Redhat with their full army of
| lawyers and in the ensuing battle Redhat simply ran out of steam for
| no other reason than they ran out of money fighting the case.
|
| But then what happens to Linux? Well actually nothing much. I'm not
| saying Redhat is a small fish, but it is only one distributer. The
| users of Redhat can carry on using it, all of the other distros can
| carry on. Absolutely anyone can still pick up the Linux base and make
| a distribution out of it. Plus of cause not every country is subject
| to American laws, getting rid of Linux is not a battle anyone with
| any number of lawyers and loads of money in the bank can possibly win.
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ngstats.pl version 1.22
Written by Roy Culley.
Contributions from Mark Kent.
Modifications by [H]omer, 2007.
This report covers 1903 articles received by this system to
newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy [1]
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Toplist of Posters
Pos Poster Msgs Bytes Quoted
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 410 790734 15%
2. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 126 140851 36%
3. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 104 53902 42%
4. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 102 85288 53%
5. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 60 57016 53%
6. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 55 43588 41%
7. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 54 1298656 4%
8. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 53 108121 41%
9. DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 47 42304 58%
10. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 40 52643 71%
11. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 37 16116 67%
12. Larry 'Msg-ID Larry' Qualig - Vile MS Shill 36 52343 52%
Ewik FUDenbusch 36 55363 53%
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 36 80727 36%
15. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 30 28929 57%
16. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 29 72547 72%
17. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 26 28257 70%
amicus_curious - TROLL 26 32727 58%
19. linux-sux - WinTard TROLL 24 20103 38%
20. nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxx 23 21113 24%
21. Dean G. <dguttadauro@xxxxxxxx> 22 58942 46%
22. William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 20 30286 76%
23. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 18 24226 64%
24. Jeff_Relf - .Net k00k 17 10928 0%
Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> 17 11289 56%
cc <scatnubbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> 17 20978 79%
27. snit - Ridiculous MAC Troll 16 26849 67%
John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 16 11205 68%
29. OK - MS Apologist and Liar 14 12336 64%
30. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 13 8983 68%
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Toplist of Subjects
Pos Subject Msgs Bytes
1. Put up or apologise Qualig 51 57824
2. CONSPIRACY? Why are there so many LINUX DISTRIBUT 44 45782
3. Gates to open-source its software. What a nice guy 38 52842
4. Why Linux lags behind Microsoft on the desktop. 37 74894
5. Linus Torvalds Responds To Microsoft Patent Claims 35 30764
6. Dell announcement 33 35641
7. Schestowitz debunked 32 37427
8. First steps in the patent protection racket 28 48925
9. COLA Stats: Saturday the 12th of May, 2007. 27 40271
10. Look! It's a Linux gurl!!! 26 14238
11. If you think selling Linux is easy, why not beat D 20 14460
[News] [Linux] Microsoft Says It Won't Sue, Wants 20 26366
13. linux blows chunks - lintards ignorant idiots 18 16374
14. Barriers to Adoption 17 12670
PS3 vs Wii in Japan 17 51999
16. Microsoft cuts Windows virtualization features 15 20752
I smell some Linux idiots... 15 25417
Novell's de Icaza: No Mono-tony in this project 15 11767
19. Linux users are IP pirates, criminals, scum 14 7969
Qwality MSFT op-ed that deserves a re-read and com 14 49066
How come it is FUD if MS says it, but not if RMS s 14 14576
[News] Vista selling really bad. ......Not! 14 13090
Vaughn-Nichols: MS Open-Source Patent Claims: Her 14 16551
MS is dying! 14 26315
Ballmer threatens Linux again with patents 14 18435
Linux "Civil War" About To Erupt? 14 10020
27. Everybody hates Vista 13 9128
28. [News] [Linux] Dell Reveals Its Linux Lineup, Read 12 12961
I can't see what is patentable in a software paten 12 18463
[News] [OSS] California Does Not Accept Secret (Cl 12 24727
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Toplist of Most Replied To Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 187
2. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 85
3. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 83
4. Ewik FUDenbusch 57
5. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 52
6. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 41
7. Larry 'Msg-ID Larry' Qualig - Vile MS Shill 35
DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 35
9. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 33
10. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 32
11. raylopez99 <raylopez99@xxxxxxxxx> 30
12. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 27
13. amicus_curious - TROLL 26
14. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 25
15. Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 22
BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 22
17. linux-sux - WinTard TROLL 21
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 21
Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 21
20. nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 20
21. squishy <Jim> 19
22. somebody <somebody@xxxxxxxxxxx> 18
23. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 14
OK - MS Apologist and Liar 14
Dean G. <dguttadauro@xxxxxxxx> 14
26. Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> 13
27. Dom - IDIOT 11
28. Jeanette Russo <jrusso2@xxxxxxxxxxx> 10
29. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 9
William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9
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Toplist of Troll Feeders [2]
Pos Poster Msgs %
1. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 21 21
2. Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> 19 66
3. John Bailo <jabailo@xxxxxxxxxx> 15 14
Peter KÃhlmann <Peter.Koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> 15 58
5. Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 14 35
6. Robert <ding@xxxxxxx> 13 100
Dean G. <dguttadauro@xxxxxxxx> 13 59
8. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 12 32
9. Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> 11 65
10. The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 9 17
11. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 6 20
flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 6 10
Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6 75
owl <owl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 6 55
15. Tim 'Funkenbusch Wannabee' Smith 5 9
16. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 4 31
'ultranerd' Bob 4 80
John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 4 25
Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4 50
Dom - IDIOT 4 44
spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4 80
da...punk...A!!! <dapunka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4 31
23. Geico Caveman <spammers-go-here@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 3 25
[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 3 2
William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 3 15
Larry 'Msg-ID Larry' Qualig - Vile MS Shill 3 8
Markus Schoder <a3vr6dsg-usenet@xxxxxxxx> 3 60
Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 3 50
p5000011 <p5000011@xxxxxxxxx> 3 50
DooFuS - Moronic Fascist 3 6
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Toplist of 'Quality' Posters [3]
Pos Poster Index
1. Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 126
2. Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> 79
3. [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> 75
4. BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 69
nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 69
6. raylopez99 <raylopez99@xxxxxxxxx> 67
7. Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 63
Jerry McBride <mcbrides9@xxxxxxxxxxx> 63
Erik Jan <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 63
10. 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 62
The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 62
12. flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx> 60
13. cc <scatnubbs@xxxxxxxxxxx> 58
14. AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> 56
15. William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 51
16. ed <ed@xxxxxxxxxxx> 50
Thad Phetteplace <tdphette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
peterwn <peterwn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
alt <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 50
Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> 50
gemblon@xxxxxxxxx 50
22. NoStop <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> 48
23. John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> 46
24. Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@xxxxxxxxx> 45
25. chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 44
Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 44
27. ray <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> 40
28. p5000011 <p5000011@xxxxxxxxx> 38
29. Geico Caveman <spammers-go-here@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 36
Dean G. <dguttadauro@xxxxxxxx> 36
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Toplist of X-No-Archive Posters
Pos Poster Msgs
1. flatfish - Mental-Ward Escapee 13
2. Pozdiy Kovzany <kovzany@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 1
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Toplist of Newsreaders
Pos Newsreader Msgs
1. KNode 604
2. slrn 286
3. G2/1.0 243
4. Mozilla 165
5. Microsoft Outlook Express 96
6. Pan 93
7. Forte Agent 75
8. MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 60
9. Thunderbird 57
10. MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.1 (Intel Mac OS X) 41
11. 40tude_Dialog 36
12. pan 0.120 (Plate of Shrimp) 29
13. tin 28
14. Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 16
15. Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) 10
16. Xnews 6
17. knews 4
18. pan 0.116 (Blanton's) 3
19. Gnus 2
20. Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070329) 1
Gemini/2.28n (Qt/3.3.8) (Linux-x86_64) 1
COLA Stats Engine 1
Unison/1.7.9 1
ProNews/2 1
Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 1
MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) 1
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[1]: Posts via mail to news gateways are dropped by this server
and hence not included in the stats.
Other attention seeking posters may not appear as well.
[2]: Troll feeder %'age is (troll feeding posts / total posts) * 100
[3]: The poster 'quality' stats is based on:
a) quoting: 100 - %'age quoted
b) cross-posting: 100 - %'age cross-posted
c) number of direct followups posters articles get
d) troll feeding: 100 - 2.0 * %'age troll followups
e) 75 deducted for known trolls
f) for the humour impaired the quotes around 'quality'
are intended to convey they are not to be taken too
seriously :-)
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| 'Also, no one calls it PCI-X even though that's the "official "
| shortening of the much more commonly used "PCI Express".'
| - Hardon Quirk, COLA's resident "genius".
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