Debunking Walter Mossberg - better PC buying advice
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| FUD is a term known to many of us computer nerds. It refers to sales
| practices used when a product is not good enough to sell itself. The letters
| stand for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. If a software vendor resorts to this,
| it's a red flag their product can't stand up to an objective evaluation.
| Mossberg here is slinging the FUD for Microsoft.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9801386-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Microsoft Delivers Major Piece of Nothing; NYT Does It Up Front Page
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| Please. This story is more appropriate for placement in the Times’ Bits blog,
| if its to be presented anywhere in the folds of the publication. Markoff’s
| efforts in reporting the latest news in the tech industry would’ve been
| better spent on another item.
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http://www.profy.com/2007/09/03/microsoft-delivers-major-piece-of-nothing-nyt-does-it-up-front-page/
Inadvertently Proving the Opposite by Knocking Down a Strawman [at NTY]
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| I’m not sure who told Mr. Gomes that Ubuntu, for example, has never needed a
| security update. (If anyone actually did, I respectfully suggest that Mr.
| Gomes reconsider his use of that source.)
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/10/a_very_nice_strawman_about_gnu.html
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