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:
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>>> [Podcast] What's Behind the Linux Market Share Numbers?
>>>
>>> .----
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>> 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.
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.
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.
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