__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 08 September 2006 09:27 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ alt ] on Thursday 07 September 2006 04:28 \__
>>
>>> On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:11:26 +0000, Brett Ryan wrote:
>>>
>>>> Erik,
>>>> Do you work for Microsoft??? I remember your trolling the OS/2 news
>>>> groups in the 90's.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We figure he's paid. Why else would anyone advocate an inferior system?
>>
>> It was true then (OS/2) and it's true now.
>>
>> http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html
>>
>> "Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks using online
>> mavens to go into forums and create Web sites extolling the virtues of
>> Windows over OS/2. They were dubbed the Microsoft Munchkins, and it was
>> obvious who they were and what they were up to. But their numbers and
>> energy (and they way they joined forces with nonaligned dummies who liked
>> to pile on) proved too much for IBM marketers, and Windows won the
>> operating-system war through fifth-column tactics"
>>
>> They don't even deny it. Then again, what would you expect from people
>> whose profile says "occupation: geek". It's propaganda in disguise.
>>
>
> A very thin disguise indeed...
Note that the trolls (this one in particular) will never post to deny or
challenge this accusation. Consent through silence.
Best wishes,
Roy
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