On May 28, 11:45 pm, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 7 wrote:
> > Asstroturfers can't now operate out of the EU including the UK
> > as of May 26, 2008
Looks like we'll have to start including standard disclaimers.
Most posters to this group have employers, and most of these
employers do not review and audit and edit the posts to usenet prior
to the articles being "published".
> > If they do, there are can be caught, punished and locked up.
> > Previously they have claimed right to post under free speech,
> > but now their activities have been declared on a par with
> > commercial ads
This is really rathetr sad. This might be appropriate for bolggers
who publish information in a form where it is not possible to respond
directly, but it is not appropriate for a public forum like Usenet,
where a bogus posting can garner and immediate response, often by
dozens of rebuttals.
One of the problems Microsoft has to deal with is their restrictions
against using the Microsoft trademarks and logos in any "benchmarks"
between their products and competitor's products. Microsoft has
really stretched the definition of benchmarks to include any
comparison between Windows and any other Operating system, including
Linux, Mac, OS/2, or any flavor of Unix. Microsoft has been doing
this since mid-1993, and several judges have ruled against Microsoft
in the past, but a formal comparison, published in most places (other
than usenet) is a pretty good way to end up in court with Microsoft,
at least for the preliminary ruling.
Even when making comparisons between PC and Mac, Apple is very careful
not to make direct reference to the PC as Windows PCs. This may also
be, in part, because the ads assume that all PCs are only capable of
running Windows and only Windows. Ironically, nearly every claim Mac
makes for OS/X is also true of PCs that run Linux as their primary
operating system. Which is why so many PCs are now LInux compatible
(almost 95% these days).
> > and must conform to the same levels of dencency, honesty and
> > integrity as commercial ads or face the courts.
This may be an attempt to shut down usenet then. Imagine if every
employer of every poster to usenet were dragged into court over every
posting published by one of their employees. Pretty soon, the
employers would just have to ban ALL posting to ANY form of internet
web forum, including usenet.
> Now maybe the liars atwww.ubuntu.comwill remove the ridiculous claim that
> Ubuntu is "perfect for laptops, desktops and servers."
Ubuntu will run very nicely on about 90% of teh laptops and desktops,
and nearly all servers. Ubuntu is just Linux.
On the other hand, there are the "flatfish configurations" shown in
the articles below, where hardware was specifically designed NOT to
run Linux. Choosing a DirectX-10 video card that does not support
OpenGL is a good way to break Linux, so is an Atheros A/B/G/N card
(drivers were still flakey last time I tried - about 6 months ago,
maybe it's better now). There are certain SATA and SCSI controllers
that were also designed to be "Linux Hostile" - and Microsoft pays the
IHVs to keep them that way, and pays the OEMs af few bucks per machine
to use these "Linux Killers". Most OEMs have figured out that the few
bucks Microsoft pays for the "Linux Killers" is offset a hundred-fold
when the demand for the PC goes soft and the retail price drops
hundreds of dollars.
Especially since the release of Vista, many corporations are now
testing evaluation PCs for Linux compatibility before ordering them in
quantity, and about 80% are ordering them with XP instead of Vista,
partly because the smaller XP footprint is easier to distribute as a
VMWare (or other virtualization SW) "Appliance".
XP needs about 1/2 gig of RAM, and 20 gig of hard drive space, while
Vista seems to need about 2 gig of RAM and 100 gig of hard drive, and
Vista seems to get upset if it doesn't get to gobble up all of the
CPU.
There are still many companies who are still using Windows 2000,
because the footprint for that OS can be as small as 128 Meg of RAM
and 4 gigabytes of hard drive for a functional system that will run
the few proprietary applications that won't run on LInux.
> Signed,
> A Lifelong Windows Developer
> Pretend Linux "Advocate"
> Failed Promoter Of Proprietary, Patented Schemes
> All Around Fraud And Hypocrite
DFS your signature is an attempt at total honesty?
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this posting are my personal
opinions, thoughts, and perceptions, but you can share them if you
wish to do so.
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