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Re: [News] Microsoft Spreads FUD in Digg.com, Using Its MVP's

__/ [ Tim Smith ] on Saturday 30 December 2006 00:17 \__

> In article <6779657.5E2GGBCuD6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> searchwin2000.techtarget.com/ateExpertBio/0,289623,sid1_cid394091,00.html
>> 
>> 2,800+ stories submitted to Digg, mainly ones favouring Microsoft.
>> Microsoft may be buying an army of loyalists to intervene with technology
>> news. There are at least two other people which systematically defend
>> Micorsoft and apologise for everything.
> 
> Here's his most recent submissions:
> 
>    Argentina sees ex-agents behind missing witnesses
>    3 hours! Countdown to Saddam hanging...
>    Superhero gaming:Hot or not?
>    Players welcomes back old ball with reservations
>    'Shrek the Third' Teaser Debuts
>    Stan Lee turns 84
>    Bosnia's Muslims divided over inroads of Wahhabism
>    Disputed Florida election to spill onto House floor
>    Speculation, secrecy shrouds Saddam's final hours
>    Saddam to be hanged in hours!
>    Video: Gassy inmate assaults cellmate
>    Wii Tops PS3, XBOX 360 still wins
>    Motley Fool's 2006 review of Sony
>    A 'chocolatey' midnight snack for dieters
>    Video: From the Scene, Saddam's death day
> 
> Only one related to Microsoft.  Here's the next page:
> 
>    1st New Year worm on the loose
>    Iverson hands Karl his 800th win with 44 points
>    FACTBOX-How will Saddam Hussein be hanged?
>    Tyson just can't seem to keep his nose clean -- literally!
>    FACTBOX-Saddam hanging: Who said what about when
>    The people behind the online mapping software - or who killed James
> Kim
>    U.S. military to press for more training of Iraqis
>    Iraq dismisses talk of quick Saddam hanging
>    Breaking: Saddam transferred to Iraqi custody
>    Top 10 girl geeks
>    Pigging-out: Top Ten Tips from Dieticians
>    Top Ten Security Threats for 2007
>    Bush Is Right -- and Other Lessons
>    Learning About Islam With Imam Ellison
>    Episcopal parishes might break away
> 
> That one on the top ten security threats includes this:
> 
>    10. Spread of Windows Vista will have zero impact on the overall
>    threatscape. It is too late. The cat is out of the bag. Pandora's
>    box is open. Adding basic security to Windows is not enough to
>    mitigate the rising tide of cybercrime. It may be several years
>    before Vista represents more than 50% of all machines but by then
>    the attackers will have matured and refined their tools to the point
>    were Microsoft cannot keep up. Reportedly you can already purchase
>    Vista zero day exploits on the web.
> 
> The next page is similar.
> 
> So, where are all these favorable to Microsoft Digg submissions from
> this guy?  You seem to be making most of this up.  Why?

Check out his comments.
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