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Re: [News] Microsoft Hires "Analysts" to Attack GNU/Linux, Open Source, and Open Standards

Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
> 
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 28 August 2007 19:15 : \____
>>> 
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>> 
>>>>> Working behind the scenes to orchestrate ?independent? praise of our
>>>>> technology is a key evangelism function. ?Independent? analysts?
>>>>> reports should be issued, praising your technology and damning the
>>>>> competitors (or ignoring them). ?Independent consultants should write
>>>>> articles, give conference presentations, moderate stacked panels on
>>>>> our behalf, and set themselves up as experts in the new technology,
>>>>> available for just $200/hour. ?Independent? academic sources should
>>>>> be cultivated and quoted (and granted research money).
>>>> [...]
>>>>> The document admitted into evidence also says, ?The key to stacking a
>>>>> panel is being able to choose the moderator,? and explains how to
>>>>> find ?pliable? moderators?those who will sell out.
>>>> [...]
>>>>>
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
>>>> 
>>>> Well there it is, straight from the horse's mouth; Microsoft buys Shills
>>>> to spread lies on their behalf. Let the cynics cry "paranoia" now.
>>>  
>>> Yesterday, someone brought this up in BN again:
>>> 
>>> http://www.inlumineconsulting.com:8080/website/msft.shilling.html
>>> 
>>> And this:
>>> 
>>> http://lists.essential.org/1998/am-info/msg01529.html
>>> 
>>> When you spot a rise in trolling activity at a particular time or on a
>>> particular topic, be suspicious. Microsoft is still bribing bloggers for
>>> PR in disguise. The criminal mind hasn't bounds and it has a lot of cash
>>> (slush funds) to spare.
>>> 
>> 
>> It's all rather sickening, really, but the technique does work, very
>> well indeed.  The oil companies and tobacco companies have also done a
>> very very good job of this.  There was some interesting coverage
>> yesterday of how the world's biggest lakes have shrunk over the last 40
>> years to less then half their previous size... now how has that happened
>> without anyone noticing?
>> 
> 
> Because it did not happen, perhaps?
> 

You believe that the satellite photos have been doctored?

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