* DFS peremptorily fired off this memo:
> Rex Ballard wrote:
>> On Aug 10, 2:43 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "Microsoft is well-versed in the use of vaporware tactics
>>> to dampen interest in the products of its competitors.
>>> Microsoft?s use of vaporware traces back to the very origins
>>> of the company, when Bill Gates informed MITS the
>>
>> Vaporware is a polite Euphemism for fraud. Telling someone that you
>> have a product for sale, which you don't actually have, for the
>> purpose of getting them to commit to a product other than the one
>> advertised or announced, is fraud.
>
> If there's anything cola Linux "advocates" know a lot about, it's fraud and
> deception.
You wrote the book on it.
> What's it called when www.ubuntu.com says Ubuntu freezeware is "perfect for
> laptops, desktops and servers."?
>
> Outright lying, of course.
How so? I thought you used a server OS yourself? Who's going to
overload a desktop manager and multi-media applications on a server
anyway? They might load X manually for awhile if there's some handy GUI
tool, but why have it running full-time? A waste of RAM and CPU usage.
--
bozone, n.:
The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas
from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign
of breaking down in the near future.
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