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Fear and loathing in Holland
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| With "Linux's dirty little secret: Uninstall" professional journalism has
| reached another, unprecedented low. Frequent readers of my blog know I've
| exposed and criticized IT journalists and editors for years. I'm a customer
| and I expect nothing less than high quality articles of knowledgeable
| professionals. For this, I've always liked German magazines, which I consider
| to be the best in the world. Nothing simply compares to "iX", "c't" or "Linux
| Magazine". It's sound stuff of people who know their thing and are not afraid
| to research it. I've learned a lot of neat things reading their work. Most of
| the articles are signed with the initials of the writer. These guys take
| pride in their work and are not out to become pop stars.
|
| [...]
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| It is clear that Mr. 'newbie' Ramel has a Windows-centric view on the world.
| To him, the only way to set up a home network is to use SMB/CIFS, you know
| that proprietary Microsoft framework that kept Samba developers busy for
| years until a billion dollar fine from the European Union forced Microsoft to
| open up. Next time, try NFS and CUPS for a change. BTW, Mr. Ramel hates Apple
| computers as well. You really have to read his interesting article with all
| those compelling arguments. His love for Windows XP is.. well, touching.
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/03/fear-and-loathing-in-holland.html
Earlier:
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| During the 1990s, I was the director of corporate communications at
| Ziff-Davis. And our relationship with Microsoft was also -- ah -- "complex."
| On the "church" side of Ziff-Davis, our 400 editors and reporters wrote
| comparative, lab-based, product reviews that treated Microsoft "without fear
| or favor," like any other vendor. On the "state" side of Ziff-Davis,
| Microsoft bought a ton of advertising in our magazines, on our websites and
| for our cable TV channel. Plus, Bill Gates was a frequent keynote speaker at
| our conferences, and Microsoft paid a chunk of money for big booths at our
| trade shows.
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http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090309-025714
Related:
Is MS Preening in Public Posts?
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| The author of the email, posted on ZDNet in a Talkback forum on the Microsoft
| antitrust trial, claimed her name was Michelle Bradley and that she
| had "retired" from Microsoft last week.
|
| "A verbal memo [no email allowed] was passed around the MS campus encouraging
| MS employee's to post to ZDNet articles like this one," the email said.
|
| "The theme is 'Microsoft is responsible for all good things in computerdom.'
| The government has no right to prevent MS from doing anything. Period.
| The 'memo' suggests we use fictional names and state and to identify
| ourselves as students," the author claimed.
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http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/1999/02/17745
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