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Re: Mandriva is So Good That Competitors Have to BRIBE People to Reject It

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:14:57 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:

> dapunka <dapunka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On 10 Nov, 20:41, Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>
>>> > Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
>>>
>>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>>> >| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
>>> >| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
>>> >| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with ?marketing help?
>>> >| to get them to choose Windows.
>>> > `----
>>>
>>> >http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-M...
>>>
>>> > There. From the editor of Linux Today. Bribery indeed.
>>>
>>> We all know what it is.  'Cept Kier, Erik, Timmy...
>> 
>> Mark, why are you making all these anti-Kier comments?  I just used
>> Google Groups to look at his recent posting record, and he has been
>> posting pretty consistently pro-Linux, anti-FUD, anti-troll.
> 
>> 
>> He has recently criticized Roy for inaccuracy.  But surely that can't
>> be why you're dissing him!  Inaccuracy is bad, after all...
> 
> Roy wasn't inaccurate.

Yes, he was.

> 
>> 
> 
> Kier is extremely good at what he does.  Take a careful look at pretty
> much every discussion regarding Microsoft and corruption, and see what
> position Kier takes.  It's consistent, and it's pro-Microsoft.
> Similarly, take almost any debate where Microsoft is criticised, and
> you'll see the same thing.

You are fucking INSANE. I am NOT 'pro Microsoft'. I dislike much of what
they are doing. Just not all of what they are doing.

> 
> The issue is that to see what he's doing, you need to look at his
> performance over many many months to see it.  I know several others
> who've quite independently reached the same conclusions.

Like who? Your pal [H]omer?

> 
> Of course, if you can show me a posting where Kier is trotting up and
> publicly stating that Microsoft have been caught in the process of
> corruption and bribery, then I'll consider changing my viewpoint, but,
> you know what?  I don't think you'll ever find any such posting.

Why should that be required? Is this some kind of anti-MS club? Funny, I
thought it was a Linux advocacy group.

-- 
Kier


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