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Re: Microsoft "Protection" Good For Linux

____/ Linonut on Saturday 23 June 2007 16:11 : \____

> After takin' a swig o' grog, cc belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> 
>>> Relax, and light up a Kent.
>>
>> I can't relax. Mark Kent has his head way up his own ass over this
>> whole anti-charter, off-topic business, so it's fallen to me to
>> regulate. Technically since you implied that the anti-charter stance
>> is idiocy, you are posting off topic. You have now been banned from
>> COLA too. Although I'm not above bribery...
> 
> Idiocies in COLA:
> 
>    *  net copping

I don't do this. Some people do. I can't say that I resent them for it because
some people comes here to harrass, to ridicule, to pollute, and maybe even to
shill.

>    *  claiming Linux is x% (for x > 125 to 200, depending on task)
>       faster than Windows
>    *  claiming that Windows is unadulterated shit
>    *  claiming that Linux is unadulterated shit
>    *  claiming that Linux will kill Microsoft
>    *  claiming that Microsoft will kill Linux
>    *  claiming that Microsoft is not or never was a monopoly
>    *  fill_in_the_blank

That's a case of taking things to the extremely. Some of try to provide
balanced facts that are being checked before publication in the press. The
facts can speak for themselves, so there's no need to embellishment. It's open
for interpretation, so we usually go further and extrapolate.

> All of this stuff may have elements of truth, but the only way to tell
> is to do your own footwork.
> 
> Anyway, this place is a nice rowdy bar, and that's the way it should be. 

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