Re: For those in need of some amusement.....

[mstorer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Storer)]

>...this may fill the "Bill". Sure turned my day around!
>
>  http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp

[snip]
>I am in the mood for a rebuttal. Any help would be welcome, via private
>email of posting to the group.


I'm guessing any rebuttal anyone has ever thought of is currently up at
slashdot (http://slashdot.org).  I'm also expecting the (pseudo) official Linux
mouthpiece/PR Guy, Eric S Raymond, to take a reasonably-well-publicized stab at
this drivel.

The Register (www.theregistier.co.uk) has covered it with their usual reverence
(or lack thereof).

I'm not quite sure what to make of it myself.  On one hand, "We have Arrived".
Microsoft is taking a shot at Linux.  On the other, it could easily get under
my skin (like the -1 posts on /.).  These are FLAT OUT LIES (for the most
part).  And knowing that some people will recite it as Bill's Truth rubs me the
wrong way.l

On the upside, it shows that MS is ignoring their own research.  Remember the
"Halloween" documents (and what time of the year is it?)?  Those documents
specifically stated that FUD wouldn't work, yet Here It Is.

This also marks the official Stage #3 of the revolution program (only four
steps, not twelve)
First: they ignore you
Second:  They laugh at you
Third: They fight you
Fourth: You win

I'd seriously consider selling any MSFT stock if I were you.  And shame on you
for owning stock in a company you (I would assume) morally disagree with.

I'm going to put on my Prophet hat:  Two years from now, His Billness won't be
the richest man in the world any more.

--Mark Storer
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  AudienceOne, Inc.

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