On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:11:28 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ bmillerjacobson@xxxxxxxxx on Thursday 15 November 2007 00:31 :
> \____
>
>> On Nov 14, 6:21 pm, Jerry McBride <jmcbr...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> What is it that's going on in the world that's causing the recent
>>> increase of troll activity?
>>>
>>> Is it the OLPC, the Nigeria deal, the BIG Novell layoff, OSX on the
>>> market? Something has the bees buzzing and I'd really, really like to
>>> know which recent event has started it. It could be a serious nail to
>>> hammer on if I could find out which single topic is causing hetm so
>>> much consternation.
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Jerry McBride (jmcbr...@xxxxxxxxxx)
>>
>> My theory is that M$ and the wintrolls are scared of the whole package
>> of recent events. Linux has never been better than it's current state
>> and Vi$ta is a complete failure. Ubuntu, for example, is undeniably
>> better for the average user than Vi$ta, and the mundanes are starting
>> to hear about it. Then there's the fact that no matter how much money
>> they throw at it, Linux refuses to die. They are terrified that they
>> will loose their monopoly and unable to do anything about it, but too
>> stubborn to know when they are wrong, so all these trolls crawl out of
>> their caves to harass the Linux guys, hoping that will somehow make
>> winblow$ not suck.
>
> The trolling and astroturfing is one vector of attacks, but it's too
> risky because Microsoft gets caught red-handed every other week
> (examples appended below, for completeness, in case some troll rebuts),
> but it's hugely damaging to its image.
>
> On the 'technical' side, Microsoft tries to make Linux incompatible with
> its own products and with the industry. It tries to:
>
> 1. Add tax (patents) to Linux by bribing companies like Novell.
>
> 2. Turn Linux into a company, which it can then crush.
>
> A year or two ago, Ballmer expressed his fear of Linux by saying that
> Linux is a competition that is not a company. He didn't know how to
> defeat it.
That gets right to the core of what's wrong with the people at msft, they
just don't get it and they never will. As msft loses it's monopolistic
grip on the desktop it will be like watching an elephant floundering in
quicksand...
The gist of it all is that Microsoft gives 'special' gifts
> (e.g. Moonlight) only to Novell and hopes to imprison all users inside
> SUSE. It's the 'pen of sheep' approach. It's putting the cheese inside
> the Novell mousetrap, along with Mono and other 'gifts'.
>
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