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| Here we go again, gang. Kill Linux pt II. In response, openaddict.com has called for a full boycott of Suse and is recommending Slack: "If you are using Suse, please remove it and use a Free version of Linux like Debian or Slackware." http://www.openaddict.com/comment.php?comment.news.227 OK. nb |
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| notbob wrote: > Here we go again, gang. Kill Linux pt II. In response, openaddict.com > has called for a full boycott of Suse and is recommending Slack: > > "If you are using Suse, please remove it and use a Free version of > Linux like Debian or Slackware." > > http://www.openaddict.com/comment.php?comment.news.227 > > OK. > > nb And I was almost seduced by the spinning cube. Too bad |
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| On 2006-11-05, Jerry Vrooman <GVrooman@att.net> wrote: > > And I was almost seduced by the spinning cube. Too bad So make it work it slack... next thing Pat finds on the doorstep is a MS suit (Really have to fix those sigs...) -- "A radioactive cat has eighteen half-lives." |
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| On 2006-11-05, Peter Kaagman <bilbo@nedlinux.com> wrote: > So make it work it slack... next thing Pat finds on the doorstep is a > MS suit That's the real threat, M$ unleashing a landslide of harrassment lawsuits on all distros, be they legally valid or not. Who could stand up to such an overwhelming onslaught? It would require a community wide defense to stop them and could be dragged out for years. It may be that the desktop will become the last refuge of Linux. nb |
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| On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:07:14 -0600, notbob wrote: > That's the real threat, M$ unleashing a landslide of harrassment lawsuits > on all distros, be they legally valid or not. Who could stand up to such > an overwhelming onslaught? It would require a community wide defense to > stop them and could be dragged out for years. It may be that the desktop > will become the last refuge of Linux. I'm reminded of Gandhi. Roughly it goes; first they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. I think M$ has moved to the 3rd phase in the evolution of this process. |
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| mr.b <mist@b.com> trolled: > On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 15:07:14 -0600, notbob wrote: > > That's the real threat, M$ unleashing a landslide of harrassment > > lawsuits on all distros, be they legally valid or not. Who > > could stand up to such an overwhelming onslaught? It would > > require a community wide defense to stop them and could be > > dragged out for years. It may be that the desktop will become > > the last refuge of Linux. > I'm reminded of Gandhi. Roughly it goes; first they ignore you, > then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. I > think M$ has moved to the 3rd phase in the evolution of this > process. More wishful thinking from a linux zealot. And one who would dare compare an Operating System to Gandhi. Please stop posting. You don't have anything useful to add. cordially, as always, rm |
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| On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:14:11 -0600, notbob wrote: > Here we go again, gang. Kill Linux pt II. In response, openaddict.com > has called for a full boycott of Suse and is recommending Slack: > > "If you are using Suse, please remove it and use a Free version of > Linux like Debian or Slackware." This guy changes direction more often than a weather vane in Kansas... - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, the pessimist fears this is true." |
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| mr.b <mist@b.com> wrote: > > I'm reminded of Gandhi. Roughly it goes; first they ignore you, then > they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. I think M$ has > moved to the 3rd phase in the evolution of this process. The one with air superiority and the biggest bombs will always win, despite what Gandhi blew out of his ass. - Kurt |
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| ~kurt wrote: > mr.b <mist@b.com> wrote: >> >> I'm reminded of Gandhi. Roughly it goes; first they ignore you, then >> they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. I think M$ has >> moved to the 3rd phase in the evolution of this process. > > The one with air superiority and the biggest bombs will always win, > despite what Gandhi blew out of his ass. Tell that to the US when they were in Viet Nam. Tell the US now that they are in Iraq. Microsoft won't go after a distro, MS will go after a large customer that pissed MS off by moving from Windows to Linux for network services. Microsoft is the USA of the computer industry. Bar |