__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 08:56 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 07 July 2006 06:32 \__
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>>> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> If this guy is even half right, we really are wasting our time here
>>>> other than to exchange pleasantries - from what he says/concludes, all
>>>> that remains to be done in the advocacy area is a little advertising!
>>>>
>>>> http://www.madpenguin.org/cms/?m=show&id=7150
>>>>
>>>> OVERALL RATING
>>>> Target Audience: Enterprise customers
>>>> Features: Excellent
>>>> Performance: Excellent
>>>> Hardware Support: Excellent
>>>> Usability: Excellent
>>>> Management: Excellent
>>>> Documentation: Excellent
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've had the view for some time now that we're well past the tipping
>>> point. A few years ago, this could probably have been prevented from
>>> happening, /but/, it would've required MS to give up their lock-in
>>> model, and instead, they've decided to squeeze as hard as they can on
>>> their remaining customers. Clearly, the harder they squeeze, the more
>>> customers will pop through to the other side, but they'll still have
>>> many "loyal" customers left, it'll be an exponential decay for a long
>>> time.
>>>
>>> As you say, the nature of advocacy has shifted completely now, but this
>>> surely explains the reaction of our trolls to the good work of our two
>>> Roys. Even the trolls must be aware that the game is up.
>>
>> Thanks for the compliment there, Mark. And, yes, the trolls are
>> demoralised when reading this group. Either they unsubscribe or they spend
>> their time
>> elsewhere. Being in this newsgroup no longer gives them a fake sensation
>> of being winners, merely riding on the back of somebody's else's success
>> (or payroll).
>>
>> Speaking of which, I think Digg is slowly transformed into Slashdot 2.0. I
>> manage to sneak about 5 Linux stories into the front page, per day. This
>> must make it rather miserable site for Windows fanboys to hang out in.
>>
>
> Interesting! I'll have to take a look at it. Slash started out with a
> strong unix/linux following, afairc, but over time, MS managed to get
> a lot of windows trolls over there. At least one went from here to
> slash.
Digg is still dominated by many Mac fans. It's SF Bay-based, so no surprise
there. However, the relationship between *nix and Apple is a healthy one,
for the most part.
Did you hear me gasp? That's just me noticing some more typos of mine.
"somebody's else's"...
Best wishes,
Roy
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