__/ [ [H]omer ] on Saturday 17 March 2007 22:17 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Maverick spake thusly:
>> Kier wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:32:28 -0600, AB wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 2007-03-17, Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:41:09 -0600, AB wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2007-03-17, Maverick <Sun@xxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And where's Erik?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was wondering that myself.
>>>>>>> Must've got layed off due to Vistas miserable debut.
>>>>>>> Probably had to go get a job.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What qualifications does he have that would make anyone want to hire
>>>>>> him?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He may just be studying up for the next round of FUD-slinging. MS
>>>>>> hasn't given up on trying to bring others down (as opposed to making a
>>>>>> product people want). Why should Ewik?
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe he just got tired of being called 'Ewik'.
>>>>
>>>> He's been called that for years. He even started posting more FUD after
>>>> that started. It didn't seem to bother him before. Why all of a sudden?
>>>>
>>>> I may be wrong, but I think there's some relationship to the releases
>>>> and failures of crappy Vista, crappy Zune, crappy Office, crappy
>>>> Origami and crappy Xbox. Maybe Office and Vista were the straw on the
>>>> camel's back.
>>>
>>>
>>> And maybe he just has a life outside of here, and couldn't give toss what
>>> any of us think.
>>>
>>
>> After all those years? He just may have gotten laid,... finally.
>
> "Laid-off" more like.
He said he no longer worked at the college (no further explantion given), but
let's stop discussing him. This sort of stuff will only give him reasons to
revisit.
> Microsoft lost the technical argument years ago, and with the dismal
> launch of their latest dud, there is simply nothing left for them to
> advocate any more. Without any lead in his pencil, FUDenbusch just
> can't get his argument to stand up, and his FUD has gone sterile.
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