On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:05:42 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
> Mike <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:31:24 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>>
>>> Mike <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:07:41 +0000, [H]omer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [Podcast] What's Behind the Linux Market Share Numbers?
>>>>>
>>>>> .----
>>>>
>>>> Lies, damned lies, and statistics. microsoft wants to create a self-
>>>> fulfilling prophesy by filling people's heads with a lot of
>>>> propaganda, too bad for them it's not working. Linux keeps growing
>>>> no matter how many "unbiased" research reports msft funds that say
>>>> otherwise.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I quite agree. It's the King Cnut thing - no matter how much he might
>>> wish the tide out, it will come in. Incidentally, Cnut did this to
>>> embarrass his brown-necking courtiers.
>>
>> I wasn't familiar with King Cnut, just read a couple of accounts of it,
>> seems there is some debate as to whether it was about arrogance or
>> piety.
>
> From the Wiki entry:
>
> Canute is legendary for his apparent attempt to "hold back the
tide".
> Canute deliberately placed his throne on the beach and used his
evident
> inability to order the tide to roll back to display to his
courtiers
> the limitations of a king's power to command the seas.
>
>> The arrogance aspect describes msft perfectly, trying to hold back the
>> tide of linux as if it was within the realm of possibility when it's
>> not. As for piety, msft has absolutely none of it.
>
> Microsoft cannot hold back the tide. But their arrogance is such that
> they cannot stop themselves from trying.
>
LOL! That's msft to a tee!
>
>> I've always used the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes" to describe
>> msft, a bunch of sycophants praising the non-existent value of windows.
>>
>>
> It's also one of my favourites.
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