Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ chrisv on Friday 11 January 2008 15:07 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, to suppress exposure of
>>> Microsoft crimes, the typical troll (or the Bruce Byfield du jour) will
>>> try to convince you that it's all in vain. It's a tactic of diversion.
>>
>> Well, don't you know, that you're not supposed to rock the boat? Don't
>> you know that you're supposed to be a good little sheep?
>>
>> Just take your crappy PC with crappy Windwoes pre-installed, and surf the
>> net as admin, and click willy-nilly on any whatever link or email
>> attachment that piques your curiosity. Save all your data in proprietary
>> formats. Your once-fast PC now slow? Buy a new one!
>>
>> Be like everybody else! Look askance at the "zealots" whining about
>> freedom of information and privacy. Don't learn, put your faith in
>> Micro$oft!
>>
>> What, me worry?
>
> What worries me much more considerably are the smear campaigns I've been seeing
> recently. RMS is targeted, OLPC people are targeted, and now even Sam from
> iTWire seems to be targeted. They really want to stick labels to people's
> foreheads. If you follow the traces, you either find that it comes from the
> Seattle area (attacks on Stallman anyway) or from those who are known to be in
> Microsoft's pocket.
>
> Another interesting trend I've noticed recently is that Microsoft shills try
> to 'evangelise' Linux distros like Xandros (and other 'tainted' ones). I
> suppose that they wish to ensure that Microsoft can make money when Linux eats
> its lunch and its supper. Be wary.
>
One cannot be too suspicious when considering Microsoft's actions. I'm
sure that they have the "kill the other guy" process off to some truly
fine art by now. Considering that this dates back to CP/M, DRDOS,
stacker, and in more recent years SCO and others, they know *exactly*
how to go about this. They're so good at it, they even managed to get a
/judge/ removed from a case.
Still, they're hitting hard places now. The EU is not caving as easily
as the US government did. The Asus Eee is selling like hot, sweet
cakes, so even if they manage to damage the OLPC effort, it won't
matter. The next generation of ultra-small computing devices is already
Linux.
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