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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Homer on Wednesday 06 August 2008 12:11 : \____
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>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
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>>>> The BBC are learning, gradually. Now, that Schofield chap at the
>>>> grauniad?
>>>
>>> I choke on my muesli every time I read "Microsoft" Jack's drivel.
>>
>> In recent days, from Billy's messenger (every time something Linux is
>> released he takes the piss, just like the trolls here):
>>
>> Another three open Linux Mobile phones, but how many buyers?
>>
>>
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/04/another_three_open_linux_mobile_phones_but_how_many_buyers.html
>>
>> Behind the scenes at Open Office
>>
>>
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/03/behind_the_scenes_at_open_office.html
>>
>> Why free software usability tends to suck
>>
>>
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/08/04/why_free_software_usability_tends_to_suck.html
>>
>>
>> Jack: the best 'journo' one can use...
>>
>> ?As discussed in our PR meeting this morning. David & I have spoken with
>> Maureen O?Gara (based on go ahead from BrianV) and planted the story. She
>> has agreed to not attribute the story to us?.
>>
>> ?[?] Inform Maureen O? Gara (Senior Editor Client Server News/LinuxGram) or
>> John Markoff (NYT) of announcement on Aug 28, 2000. Owner dougmil (Approval
>> received from BrianV to proceed)
>>
>> ?Contact Eric Raymond, Tim O?Reilly or Bruce Perrins to solicit support for
>> this going against the objectives of the Open Source movement. Owner:
>> dougmil
>> [Doug Miller]. Note that I will not be doing this. Maureen O?Gara said she
>> [was
>> going to call them so it looks better coming from her.?
>>
>> http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/PX04081.pdf
>>
>
> I have to say that the Grauniad has plummeted in my estimation by using
> such an obviously owned journalist as Jack Schofield. I'm somewhat
> immune to the "lads are bad" tone, but overt advertising for a foreign
> company? What's going on there?
If it were /advertising/, that would be one thing. He is more
typically /attacking/ Microsoft's competition, and that's a whole different
class of abuse (like MOG, just worse). He's invading feeds about technology he
does not understand, which is why I had those examples at the top (no, I don't
follow his blog, but he 'intrudes', so to speak.
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