__/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 06 June 2006 16:22 \__
> On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:55:09 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 06 June 2006 15:07 \__
>>
>>> On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:52:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> __/ [ William Poaster ] on Tuesday 06 June 2006 13:10 \__
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 06 Jun 2006 05:49:37 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>> | Unsurprisingly Linux advocates have in response heavily criticised
>>>>>> | DiDio. Typical criticism are a lack of formal Computer Science
>>>>>> | qualifications and promoting studies funded by Microsoft,
>>>>>> | frequently this has resulted in questioning of her integrity and
>>>>>> | her being characterised as "a Microsoft shill".
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> There was also a word coined: "Didiot" meaning - someone spouting
>>>>> about something in a *seemingly* professional manner, when (in fact)
>>>>> it's obvious they don't know what on earth they're talking about.
>>>>
>>>> I think that my comment in Digg prevented this story from hitting the
>>>> front page. These lies need to be stuffed in a hot oven and hammered on
>>>> a pungent stick. Sadly, this 'study' may have already been appended to
>>>> Get the C**p Campaign, which offers a helluva monetary handout.
>>>
>>> A "monetary handout".....a euphemism for more M$ bribery?
>>
>> Yes, but that's rather normal. They did it with GoDaddy quite recently and
>> some Web hosts are telling me that Microsoft even pay for the hardware if
>> someone wishes to ditch Linux.
>
> Speaking of GoDaddy:-
> http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20060604
*LOL* Good one. In the search engine newsgroup, it was only 20 minutes ago
that someone asked about GoDaddy. I explained the 'situation' and even
appended this timely comic.
>> By the way, my "Ditch Apple for Ubuntu Linux" submission reached the front
>> page, whereas two submissions of the article in question (Didiot) were
>> probably suppressed by my comments. *smile* They will get buries.
>
> Well done! ;-)
Make that 3:
digg.com/linux_unix/Windows_More_Reliable_Than_Linux..._Unix_Beats_them_Both#c1898977
digg.com/linux_unix/Reliability_Survey:_Windows_Servers_Beat_Linux_Boxes
digg.com/software/Windows_Servers_Beat_Linux_Boxes...
No Diggs since my comments were posted. *smile*
Best wishes,
Roy
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