On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:15:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Tuesday 22 January 2008 22:29 : \____
>
>> Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> * Peter Köhlmann peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>
>>>> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102218
>>>>
>>>> Well, just 13.000 computers, our resident astroturfer Hadron Quark will
>>>> claim. Certainly nothing worth mentioning, right, Hadron?
>>>
>>> More telling:
>>>
>>> The BA explained that the migration was necessary because, "The
>>> previous combination of Windows NT and Internet Explorer could no
>>> longer keep pace with technological developments in how current media
>>> content is displayed and was not up to the demands of modern
>>> hardware." In making the switch, the decision for Linux was based on
>>> cost and security considerations.
>>>
>>
>> And this little tidbit:
>>
>> /quote
>> On the one hand, implementing Linux carried no licencing costs, on the other
>> hand migrating the clients enabled standardised automation and maintenance
>> procedures, since the BA servers also run Linux. Another plus are the
>> flexible configuration possibilities with Linux.
>> /unquote
>>
>> Now Hadron Quark will bully his way in again, screaming that we aren't
>> talking servers.
>> No, we aren't. This time. They use linux servers. *And* they use linux
>> desktops. 13.000 of them
>>
>> Certainly no "company" Hadron Quark has ever seen would implement something
>> like that. Not in germany, not nowhere else. Certainly not Munich or
>> Schwäbisch Hall. Or the german police. Or the german "Bundestag". Or the
>> german armed forces. It is just a hoax, and we should all prepare the
>> tinfoil
>>
>> If that lying cretin could just see how ridiculous his claims are, and how
>> they contradict everything he is astroturfing for (MS, naturally)
>
> I saw this earlier and it's good news indeed.
Why do you feel the need to one up posters all the time Roy?
You do it on digg, propeller and here in COLA and it's quite irritating as
well as crass and in poor taste.
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