____/ skydweller on Wednesday 14 November 2007 03:01 : \____
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:43:13 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Top CompTIA Poll on Most Influential IT Industry
>> Personalities of the Past 25 Years
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The co-founders of two of the world's most successful, recognizable
>> and | innovative information technology (IT) companies are the
>> industry's most | influential personalities of the past 25 years,
>> according to a poll by the | Computing Technology Industry Association
>> (CompTIA). `----
>>
>> http://www.pr-inside.com/bill-gates-steve-jobs-top-comptia-r288815.htm
>>
>> They also praised Internet Explorer not so long ago. it's a Microsoft
>> lobbying arm in disguise. It's funded by Microsoft. It attacks the EU,
>> the FSF, ODF, and just about anything that is a threat to Microsoft.
>> Disgusting. Revolting. They vote for people who give them a paycheck.
>>
>
> All of the above may be true. So, why pick *this* item to make a point?
This is just the latest example ([News]). I have a large list of CompTIA proxy
actions against <enter Microsoft threat here>. I can fetch some if you want,
but it'll take a while.
> I'd be hard-pressed to come up with a more influential IT figure than
> BillG over the last 25 years. This is not to say that I sanction MS
> business practices, or deny the security consequences of exposing a single-
> user OS to the internet. Far from it. But it is irrational to
> (implicitly) deny the man's influence, whether you or I or anyone else
> believe it to be positive or negative.
>
> For those who haven't followed the link, Linus comes up #4. Nine years
> from now, the results of this poll might be a bit different.
>
> Actually, the surprising thing to me is that Jobs wound up on the top of
> the list.
>
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Getting People to Say Nice Things About Microsoft
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | First, it was bloggers; now Microsoft is hiring Wikipedia writers to |
>> set its stories straight on the popular online encylopedia. How | dumb
>> does Microsoft think we are?
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2086784,00.asp?
> kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
>>
>>
>> Clearing up anti-GPL3 FUD
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Some of the bad publicity about GPL3 is deliberate. A particularly |
>> bad article by Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine painted an offensive |
>> picture of GPL3 and Richard Stallman, even accusing Stallman of | having
>> sex with flowers (!!!) after Lyons failed to comprehend | a scientific
>> joke.
>> `----
>>
>> http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/22/16651/
>>
>>
>> Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "Let's make it clear that [ACT] is Microsoft's lobbying front and |
>> that they are going to paint as negative a picture as they can," |
>> Perens told eWEEK in an interview.
>> |
>> | "Obviously, GPL software is displacing Microsoft enough to have | them
>> concerned, and it's doing it at customers who are important | to them. A
>> lawyer's job is to scare the other side if they can--because | they know
>> it's cheaper than winning a case in court," he said. `----
>>
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2112267,00.asp
>>
>>
>> Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael |
>> Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and | research
>> director at JupiterResearch. `----
>>
>> http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?
> part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>>
>>
>> Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said
>> Jupiter | Research analyst Michael Gartenberg. `----
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/
> lifestyleitinternetmusicfilmcompanymicrosoft
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>>
>> http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
>>
>>
>> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/
> PX03096.pdf
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