ang ahas eh ahas pa rin kahit na magpalit pa ng balat .. :) don't be fooled, be wise and be cool...
CHEERS, //milver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Sy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 12:17 PM Subject: [plug] Re: MS' "embrace and extend" tactics > Manny wrote: > > > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Andy Sy wrote: > > > >>and extend' strategy was never denied. However, you have not offered > >>an iota of evidence since to back up the assertion that releasing open > >>source code is /part of said strategy/. > > > > Perhaps you didn't read the article very well. Do it again and > > UNDERSTAND what is being said. > > Actually I did read it very well, and that's the reason I could > see holes in the author's reasoning whereas you didn't. ;-) > > > >> The writer whose article tries to make the tenuous (read: lame) > >> connection between these two and MS open source doesn't even > >> know what DNS properly stands for. > > > > Sounds like you're making n ad hominem argument to me. I think your > > credibility is hardly better than his. > > It's a perfectly valid argument and certainly no ad hominem (if you check > the meaning in the dictionary, you'll realize that *you're* the one employing > ad hominems here). The author is trying to make an argument based on > technical considerations but he doesn't even know his terms! > > > >> Mind you, I don't like MS tactics anymore than the rest > > > > Yeah, and my first name's Elvis. ;-) > > What reason would I possibly have, Elvis, to like tactics that hurt > me, the end user? > > > > -- > reply-to: a n d y @ n e t f x p h . c o m > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
