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The Linux Desktop's Next Challenge: Layer 8
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| These sorts of discussions, especially on sites like Computerworld and here
| on Linux Journal tend to bring out the same comments from the evangelists
| (using the term loosely) that now is the time to move to Linux on the desktop
| and in response you get people saying the last time I tried to install
| Linuxâ. In both of these discussions, both points are valid and, in many
| cases, there is merit to the position.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-desktops-next-challenge-layer-8
Recent:
Shameless Front Group Plans More Astroturf
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| After its public relations firm was outed for sending fake letters opposing
| the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill to members of Congress, the American Coalition
| for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is expanding its "grassroots" outreach.
| The coal industry front group "is launching a $1 million campaign" to secure
| more concessions for coal in the Senate version of the climate change bill.
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http://www.prwatch.org/node/8489
Happy Birthday to Me, Tech = Change, Change is Good
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| Using computers doesn't require any kind of special geek talents, just study
| and a mind open to letting some actual knowledge in. Anyone can learn
| anything, despite the anti-Linux FUD that insists Linux is not ready for "the
| masses" because it's not magically simple; these fictional moronic masses who
| exist only in the mind of FUDsters and astroturfers. It's a shame to waste so
| many electrons on such dumb stuff.
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http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-08-08-008-35-OP-CY
Related:
Microsoft puppets spamming ANSI
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| An impressive list of spam comments asking for supporting OOXML and
| backward compatibility, claiming also that "Open XML in no way
| contradicts any other international document standard". No really?
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-11857/microsoft-puppets-spamming-ansi
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| In 2001, the Los Angeles Times accused Microsoft of astroturfing
| when hundreds of similar letters were sent to newspapers voicing
| disagreement with the United States Department of Justice and its
| antitrust suit against Microsoft. The letters, prepared by Americans
| for Technology Leadership, had in some cases been mailed from
| deceased citizens or nonexistent addresses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
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