Branding (was RE: [newbie] Open source hits back?)

2001-09-11 Thread Mark Johnson
IL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 6:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Open source hits back? > > > Dude, read the whole article. The last paragraph is used to > explain the > joke. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >i just

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-11 Thread Jose Mirles
Dude, read the whole article. The last paragraph is used to explain the joke. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >i just read this article and i am incredible disturbed by what i read. Either >this guy (the one who wrote this article) is unbelievable stupid or he's a >paid MS crony. Basically, what he's

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Mohammed Arafa
ey already have buttons on the bottom of their home page saying linux, apache, php, mysql, etc. - Original Message - From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:29 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Open source hits back? >

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
He's not being serious. It's all a joke. On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 17:18:19 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i just read this article and i am incredible disturbed by what i read. Either > this guy (the one who wrote this article) is unbelievable stupid or he's a > paid MS crony. Basically, what he's

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Art Rowe
I enjoyed the humour. Art - Original Message - From: "Ed Kasky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Open source hits back? > From the end of the article: > > "For those who di

RE: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Franki
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 10 September 2001 8:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Open source hits back? i just read this article and i am incredible disturbed by what i read. Either this

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Ed Kasky
From the end of the article: "For those who didn't immediately see the irony in my editorial, I feel it necessary to mention that this was only written as a joke in response to the frustrating times we're all experiencing in our ever-continuing battle with Microsoft." Written At 05:18 PM Su

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:33:42 +1200, skinky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got this link on another mailing list - thought someone might find it > interesting. Not such a bad idea. > > http://www.osopinion.com/perl/story/9787.html > > Cheers > skinky Hehe. I can imagine us 'embracing and extendi

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread aortiz
i just read this article and i am incredible disturbed by what i read. Either this guy (the one who wrote this article) is unbelievable stupid or he's a paid MS crony. Basically, what he's suggesting is to bark back at the dog that barks at you. Figure that one out!! What exactly is what the open

Re: [newbie] Open source hits back?

2001-09-09 Thread Tim Holmes
I have no problem with Linux awareness, and "Get Linux" buttons on webpages. But if Linux starts to use Micro$HAFT like tactics, we're becoming the same kind of evil that we've been trying to avoid. People would start saying Mandrake$HAFT, or other such references. I don't think that's what we