Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-27 Thread Fabrice Gautier
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:33:03 +0200 Alessandro Suardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have trouble in finding words to describe such blatant ignorance. A Troll ? oh.. geez, this was not something on the internet... -- Fabrice Gautier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: se

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-27 Thread Marco Colombo
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > I suppose they received some pression from M$, but if people read of a FUD > > from a M$ employed, then they can guess what is going on, if it is a > > newspaper usually telling facts in a correct way... > > It is common for newspaper staff to be corrupt,

RE: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-27 Thread lk
> Interesting. . . > > What country is that? What is it about the computer that won't allow it to > run things other than Windows - or is the TV just mistaken (I suspect so)? You don't want to know the country. Yeap, you're right. They are all just a bunch of morons. > > > Richard Schilling > >

Re: [OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Rob Landley
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 11:09, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > >account of the speech didn't mention it. The Fehrenbachers give the > >old-timers' recollections a D. The evidence, the scholars say, > >"suggests that this is a case of reminiscence echoing folklore or > >fiction." I don't feel NEARLY so

RE: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Schilling, Richard
Interesting. . . What country is that? What is it about the computer that won't allow it to run things other than Windows - or is the TV just mistaken (I suspect so)? Richard Schilling -Original Message- From: lk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Speaking of: > A TV station in my country

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread lk
Speaking of: A TV station in my country said that the most pirated products belong to M$ because computers cannot work wothout the GUI M$ windows provides. In my country about 75% percent of M$ software are illegal copies :) > > I suppose they received some pression from M$, but if people

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Kip Macy
It's amazing what masquerades as news. It's also noteworthy that they didn't bother to have a native speaker of English to edit the article: An executive of another affiliated company said that he felt the passion of IBM, which is determined to invest US$1 billion, this year alone, in Linux. "IBM

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Rik van Riel
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > The Repubblica article was bad enough, but if you want serious kernel FUD > you should see this bit of delight on AsiaBizTech: > > http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/fw/133671 If anybody is interested in ressurecting h

Re: [OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Luigi Genoni
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Jordan Crouse wrote: > On Tuesday 26 June 2001 06:34, Alan Cox mentioned: > > > > I suppose they received some pression from M$, but if people read of a > > > FUD from a M$ employed, then they can guess what is going on, if it is a > > > newspaper usually telling facts in a

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Jonathan Corbet
The Repubblica article was bad enough, but if you want serious kernel FUD you should see this bit of delight on AsiaBizTech: http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/fw/133671 For example: Also, the casual attitude of Torvald [sic], which doesn't meet the nee

Re: [OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Jonathan Lundell
At 4:02 PM +0100 2001-06-26, Alan Cox wrote: > > > There is a saying in he UK 'You can fool all of the people some of the >> > time, you can fool some of the people all the time, but you >>cannot fool all >> > of the people all of the time'. >> >> Didn't Abraham Lincoln say that? :) > >[Digs

[OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Jonathan Lundell
At 8:59 AM -0600 2001-06-26, Jordan Crouse wrote: > > There is a saying in he UK 'You can fool all of the people some of the >> time, you can fool some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all >> of the people all of the time'. > >Didn't Abraham Lincoln say that? :) That's the comm

Re: [OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Alan Cox
> > There is a saying in he UK 'You can fool all of the people some of the > > time, you can fool some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all > > of the people all of the time'. > > Didn't Abraham Lincoln say that? :) [Digs] Indeed in 1864. - To unsubscribe from this list: send

[OT] Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Jordan Crouse
On Tuesday 26 June 2001 06:34, Alan Cox mentioned: > > I suppose they received some pression from M$, but if people read of a > > FUD from a M$ employed, then they can guess what is going on, if it is a > > newspaper usually telling facts in a correct way... > > It is common for newspaper staff t

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 01:34 PM 6/26/01 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: >It is common for newspaper staff to be corrupt, same with magazine people. >Sometimes because people generally believe in a cause and are not impartial >(which I've seen both pro and anti Linux btw) and sometimes because >advertising >revenue is a good

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 02:33 PM 6/26/01 +0200, Alessandro Suardi wrote: >To top this off with complete crap, after mentioning Gracenote: > > "There may be a paradoxical situation: the [Microsoft] appeal judge > may restore the Microsoft monolith that judge Jackson wanted to > break in small pieces. And in the me

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Alan Cox
> I suppose they received some pression from M$, but if people read of a FUD > from a M$ employed, then they can guess what is going on, if it is a > newspaper usually telling facts in a correct way... It is common for newspaper staff to be corrupt, same with magazine people. Sometimes because pe

Re: When the FUD is all around (sniff).

2001-06-26 Thread Alessandro Suardi
Luigi Genoni wrote: > > HI, > > a couple of weeks ago, in Italy, on the review Affari e Finanza, that > comes with the newspaper "La Repubblica" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > one of the biggest newspapaer in > Italy, there was an article with this title: > "Also Linux goes in Tribunal" > >(http://www.r