____/ William Poaster on Wednesday 12 March 2008 12:36 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 12 March 2008 09:30 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> ____/ Linonut on Tuesday 11 March 2008 22:49 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> * Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In article
>>>>>> <7d7a868b-618e-4a8e-a407-737f6356790c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>>>>> seani <ingliss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> I've been alerted to a number of useful links / interesting articles /
>>>>>>> alternative distibutions / specialised hardware etc. etc. from Roys on-
>>>>>>> topic posts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With a handful of feeda in Google Reader, you will get everything
>>>>>> useful, interesting, etc., that Roy posts, from the same places he gets
>>>>>> it, before he posts it, *without* having to sort through all the
>>>>>> inaccurate, misleading, off-topic stuff to find the useful ones.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find Roy's method more convenient. The only RSS feed I bother with
>>>>> right now is roughlydrafted.
>>>>
>>>> I read that too. He's frank.
>>>>
>>>
>>> So why is Timmy here then? I think we know.
>>
>> For the same reason Jesper is here. They are both on my filters so that I
>> haven't any temptation or opportunity to respond to them.
>>
>> If people want to speak for their friends/partners/role models at Microsoft,
>> they ought to do this not in a newsgroup that discusses Microsoft's #1
>> threat.
>
> It's interesting to note too, that M$ has always stated that linux is a
> *threat*. Not in terms of being "the competition" or a rival, but a *threat*.
> So what does that tell you about their attitude to things which are not M$.
Actually, in the context of the most recent remark it was referred to as the
competition. But if you want to see Microsoft's real attitude, forget
about "threat". Watch this:
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
Microsoft on "Jihad... Jihad... Jihad... Jihad...
Also:
'For this reason, to use their
own words, Microsoft sought to “undermine”, “piss on” and “steal” the
java language, just as they considered themselves to be engaged in a
“jihad” against Netscape.'
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,30023,00.html?st.ne.lh..ni
Also:
Allegedly CNET reporter used confidential internal e-mail from Microsoft in his
article “Microsoft’s holy war against java”.'
http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/log/
There are many other examples like Ballmer about "burying a f*cking p*ussy" who
runs Google, tilting all sorts of products "into the death spiral", Allchin's
desire to "slaughter Novell"...
One of my friends opines that Microsoft is a greater threat than Al Qaeda, but
I don't agree with him. He actually thinks the armed forces should intervene.
Microsoft is an elitist culture, but how dangerous it is I'm not sure. I know
it bullies a lot of people, by proxy.
>> They crossed the picket fence, they poop in our back yard and yell at us for
>> being intolerant when we don't pass them some toilet paper (replies).
>>
>> Microsoft: "wait for us. We want teh attent~1!!1"
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~~ Best of wishes
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