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____/ Rex Ballard on Sunday 16 May 2010 04:08 : \____
> On Apr 25, 6:16 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Microsoft MVP Andre Da Costa â âOops he/sheâs done it againâ ?
>
> E-mail identity spoofing, including posing as members of the opposite
> gender to be able to say things that might not be so well received if
> they were said by a man speaking as a man, is nothing new. It's bin
> around almost a long as e-mail - -at least since the 1970s.
>
> Nothing here to indicate that Mr Da Costa/Lucy is actually
> transgendered, or even works for Microsoft. When an Officer of
> Microsoft poses as a woman and makes sexist remarks - that's
> newsworthy.
>
>> http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/microsoft-mvp-andre-da-cost...
>> Recent:
>
>> HP xw4600 Personal Workstation Giveaway Winner
>
>> | adacosta (Andre da Costa) has been selected as the winner of the HP xw4600
>> | Personal Workstation Giveaway by AbsoluteVista.com.
>> http://absolutevista.com/blogs/absolutevista/archive/2008/09/05/hp-xw...
>> Report: FTC to go after blogger freebies
>
> Prior to Microsoft's givaways, Acer and ASUS had sold about 10 million
> NetBooks with Linux Pre-installed and Linux Netbooks were sitting next
> to Windows Laptops in retail stores. Microsoft was feeling the heat.
>
> Microsoft's anti-linux tactics put XP on all Laptops. The fine was
> about $3 million, and Microsot's revenue increased by about 10% -
> about $6 billion.
>
> Since the FTC never puts Microsoft execs in jail, and grants them
> total immunity from all future prosecution related to any discoveries
> or testimony made in any investigations related to the settlements -
> even though it becomes a matter of public record that they engaged in
> criminal acts, they can't be prosecuted as criminals. And they make
> about $1000 for every $1 spent in fines.
>
> For Microsoft - Crime does pay!!
Not just for Microsoft. And the FTC hardly even puts /anyone/ in jail.
>> | Microsoft, for example, created a wave of
>> | bad press a few years ago when it gave free Acer laptops preloaded with
>> | Windows Vista to several dozen bloggers.
>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10269962-38.html
BTW, sub-notebooks still sell with GNU/Linux outside the US and a new
form factor -- the tablet -- has emerged just with Linux (unless it's hypePad).
- --
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