Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ [H]omer on Thursday 04 October 2007 14:59 : \____
>
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>
>>> Grokking the Goatberg
>> [...]
>>> We didn't insult him here, did we??? I certainly haven't.
>>
>> Mossberg is such "essential" reading, and such a "powerful" influence on
>> the IT industry, that I didn't even have any idea that he'd written a
>> piece on Ubuntu. Frankly, the only time I ever even /hear/ about him, is
>> when Jobs recites his praises at the Keynotes, like he was reading from
>> the bible. I've always assumed that Mossberg was just some Apple groupie.
>>
>> WRT the Linux Mag article itself, once again here we have the same old
>> tired stereotype of GNU/Linux being too "technical" and for "geeks
>> only", whilst conveniently ignoring the fact that maintaining a Windows
>> system is at /least/ as difficult, if not more so. Need I elaborate ...
>> again? Why do people persist in this hyperbole.
>
> What was said at the time is that 'Computer God' (Mossberg) tends to slam
> everything other than Apple and what brought criticism was the fact that he
> criticised Ubuntu for not handling an iPo^H^H^H^Hd the way he expected or
> wanted.
>
Interesting that he had a poke at Cola, though. Clearly, we're rather
more widely read than some folk imagine.
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