Re: [Rival] Microsoft's So-called "anti-Linux Jihad" Continues

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On Oct 5, 3:22 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> wrote:

> Microsoft's risky, misleading ad campaign

>

> ,----[ Quote ]

> | Campbell's so slick, I wouldn't be surprised to see him out hitting the

> | campaign trail for Microsoft's OOXML efforts.

> |

> | Regardless, there are still uneducated people that think of open source and

> | Linux as one open-source project as "science projects" and "risky."

> | Apparently they think it's less risky to give away control of their IT to a

> | vendor based on a few flashy demos from a sales engineer. They will learn in

> | time.

> |

> | For now, repeat after me: The real risk is in proprietary software. Period.

> `----

>

> http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9791652-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&...

>

> Shills, crookes, and big Lies.

>

> Related:

>

> Some New FUD Is Born - And a New Wallpaper for Edubuntu

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> | I can usually tell what the new Microsoft anti-Linux FUD is by reading what

> | Rob Enderle writes.

> |

> | [...]

> |

> | I thought about all this today because of this article, "Sparks Fly As Linux

> | Kernel Guy Quits In a Huff," by Alexander Wolfe on Information Week, part of

> | his theme song on "Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed on the Desktop." You wish.

> |

> | [...]

> |

> | Has Information Week declared a jihad against Linux or something?

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>

> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070921112733615

>

> The following article has been pulled for some reason...

>

> Microsoft-sponsored security symposium's cause brain damage, claims security

> expert

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> | In a revelation that will come as a surprise to many today, a

> | security expert, who wishes to remain anonymous because he doesn't

> | exist, claims that attending Microsoft sponsored events, such as

> | the recent security symposium at Santa Clara University, can cause

> | irreversible brain damage in the attendees, making them inclined to

> | spout gibberish.

> |

> | Dave Cullinane, eBay's chief information and security officer, was

> | the first victim to be diagnosed with the debilitating condition,

> | by local medical practitioner - Dr. Fraud, and panic quickly

> | ensued, causing various attending members of the press to become

> | spontaneously affected.

> |

> | "It's a form of hysteria", said Dr. Fraud whilst scratching his

> | testicles. "The pathology of this disease is fascinating, it

> | appears to spread orally at first, but subsequently mutates into a

> | form that can even travel along electronic pathways."

> |

> | Meanwhile there are rumours that the FDA and local law enforcement

> | officials may be called in, to investigate an allegation that the

> | epidemic was started deliberately by an unnamed Microsoft

> | employee, a known carrier of the disease, who introduced the viral

> | agent by urinating in the wine.

> |

> | Steve Blamer, Microsoft's CEO, was not available for comment at the

> | time of publication.

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>

> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22157508-2,00.html

>

> ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft

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> | Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser Firefox is so

> | critically flawed that it is impossible to fix, according to two

> | hackers." Further on, in the ZDNet article I read: "The hackers claim

> | they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to

> | disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."

> |

> | Since that sounds suspicious, I decided to start searching for

> | connections with MS. Easy enough, here it is...

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>

> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/70873/index.html

>

> Linux phishing botnet statistics can be deceptive

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> ,----[ Quote ]

> | There are some problems with such assumptions based on that statement,

> | however:

> |

> | 1. Each phishing site does not necessarily imply an individual machine...

> | 2. A phishing site does not imply the box was rootkitted...

> | 3. Phishing botnets that targeted Washington Mutual are by no means the

> | sum total of phishing sites...

> | 4. Phishing sites are not the same as botnet nodes. No, really - this is

> | the biggest problem with the obvious assumptions here.

> `----

>

> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=296

>

> A response to that FUD piece, "Linux Still Doesn't Make it On Desktop", from

> Microsoft Shill, Michael Gartenberg

>

> http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud

>

> Effective evangelism

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> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03...

>

> Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst

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> | After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael

> | Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and

> | research director at JupiterResearch.

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>

> http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0...

>

> Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods

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> | "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter

> | Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.

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>

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicf...

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> Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading

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> | Editors' Note: November 10, 2006, Friday An article in Business Day

> | on Tuesday described a decision by Microsoft to offer movies and

> | episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live

> | online service in the United States.

> |

> | The article quoted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle

> | Group, discussing the features that set Xbox Live service apart

> | and its position in the market.

> |

> | But the article did not note that Mr. Enderle had Microsoft as a client,

> | a fact later pointed out by a reader. Mr. Enderle does consulting work

> | for several of Microsoft's product groups, though not for the one

> | developing the Xbox; still, had The Times known of Mr. Enderle's work

> | for Microsoft, it would not have sought out his opinion on the product.

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>

> http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83A5B0C748CDDA...http://tinyurl.com/y3avsv

>

> NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories

>

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> | The New York Times continues to perplex with its analyst- quoting

> | policy. Rather than having analysts declare their ties to clients,

> | the paper would prefer to quote analysts that have no experience

> | with a client - a protocol which seems to undermine the very point

> | of citing analysts.

> |

> | The Register this week started pushing the Times to explain its

> | quoting stance after noticing that Rob Enderle - the most quoted

> | ^^^^^^^^^^^

> | technology analyst on the planet - had been blocked from commenting

> | on companies with which he has a financial relationship. The ban

> | against Enderle appeared odd, given that Times reporters continue

> | to cite analysts from larger firms who also have financial

> | relationships with the companies discussed.

> |

> | [...]

> |

> | As it turns out, there's a cottage industry devoted to Rob

> | Enderle, where Linux zealots fire off this form letter to editors

> | whenever Enderle appears talking about Microsoft. Perhaps the Linux

> | crowd could put its fabled collective mind toward creating letters

> | for all the major analysts. Lord knows, the Times could use

> | some help.

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>

> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/

 

 

 

You sound like some kind of a paranoid nutcase Roy Schestowitz.

Time to loosen up the straps on your tinfoil hat.