On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:03:46 -0400, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:24:29 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> You only know good when you've seen bad...
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>>| Paula is not an unintelligent woman. She holds a PhD. in her field and a
>>| famous publication relevant to her profession recently published a paper of
>>| hers. No, Paula isn't stupid by any measure. Maybe you can help me with the
>>| descriptors here.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Sbe was desperate to have us fix her existing Windows machine. She stated
>>| that she had so many viruses on it that it would rarely boot but when it did,
>>| it was almost useless. I explained to her that "We don't do Windows" and gave
>>| her a brief explanation of what we did and how she could benefit.
>>|
>>| No sale...she thanked us and hung up.
>>|
>>| Then called back two days later.
>>|
>>| She wasn't kidding about the viruses. ClamAV reported 163 viruses active and
>>| we lost count of spyware applications somewhere around 400. It was truly a
>>| sight to behold. I have never seen viruses fight each other for dominance. I
>>| booted the live cd while she sat next to me and for 20 minutes, I showed her
>>| how Linux worked. When I thought she was comfortable with it, I let her have
>>| the chair.
>> `----
>>
>> http://wearenixed.blogspot.com/2008/03/you-only-know-good-when-youve-seen-bad.html
>
> Once again, Roy, you misrepresent an article. The article is *NOT*
> positive about linux, and in fact contains good examples of bad advocacy.
>
> 1) The vendor assured his client that Linux was immune to viruses, but lo
> and behold the customer got those viruses anyways running under Wine.
>
> 2) The vendor sold the system as simple and easy to use, but he got calls
> within hours because the customer had fucked up their system, then refused
> to help them with their problem (basically an RTFM response).
>
> 3) The customers only resort was to go out and buy a new computer, and when
> she fucked that up (based on the vendors statements to the customer that
> antivirus software was evil) he wants nothing to do with her.
>
> The title of the article might be "Viruses drive customer to Linux, but
> complexity and vendor arrogance drive them back to windows."
And what do you expect form Schestowitz?
Like I said, decent articles like his Datamation one don't generate hits.
Deceptive ones like this generate hits and thus income for Schestowitz.
The guy is obviously a liar and it amazes me how the drones in COLA still
support him, literally.
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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