Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com)
Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com)
Posted Jun 22, 2006 22:24 UTC (Thu) by philips (guest, #937)In reply to: Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com) by jtc
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I had an impression that is was Taylor who delivered message to M$ higher-ups that FUD like GetTheFacts doesn't work and at times works in reverse: it advertises Linux. After that leaked memo Taylor was very quiet and we haven't heard of him last year.
Posted Jun 23, 2006 1:35 UTC (Fri)
by drag (guest, #31333)
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It would be very funny if Taylor got canned from Microsoft for speaking out AGAINST fud.
I know that MS is going for that 'kinder gentler' approach after they finally figured out that all the people that liked them didn't realy exist outside their own minds. :P
Posted Jun 23, 2006 5:57 UTC (Fri)
by gvy (guest, #11981)
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Posted Jun 23, 2006 10:29 UTC (Fri)
by penguin (guest, #36771)
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Microsoft has been listening to their partners, not the end customers. Ofcourse any sane consultant just loves a system thats an endless source of billing time.
Posted Jun 26, 2006 14:42 UTC (Mon)
by tjc (guest, #137)
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Posted Jun 23, 2006 7:13 UTC (Fri)
by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
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He posted a couple of days ago that one of the people stalking him was Taylor ...
Make of that what you will, but the claim is obvious - that MS was harassing OSS-type folks...
Cheers,
Posted Jun 24, 2006 12:08 UTC (Sat)
by arcticwolf (guest, #8341)
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Myself, I'm being stalked by invisible pink unicorns, but the mere fact that I just announced this on LWN.net does not automatically make it true. And while M$-sponsored stalking seems more likely than invisible pink unicorns at least, you'd still think that a high-up like Taylor would hire a private eye or another kind of goon for this kind of dirty job rather than doing it himself, *especially* when he was acting on behalf of M$ (officially or not).
Depending on who it's coming from and depending on the evidence presented (or the lack thereof), I'd take this claim with more than a grain of salt.
Realy? Do you have a link?Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com)
> I know that MS is going for that 'kinder gentler' approach after they not that black-n-white
> finally figured out that all the people that liked them didn't realy exist
> outside their own minds. :P
Maybe it's in a uinverse that exists rather in your mind -- I know some (maybe quite some) who sincerely like MS and would ignore it's strategy and tactics...
Most people i know who use Windows use it solely because its the only viable alternative from their point of view. I have yet to meet someone not financially benefitting from Microsoft saying they like it.not that black-n-white
not that black-n-white
I have yet to meet someone not financially benefitting from Microsoft saying they like it.
I've seen quite a few people in a mixed (Solaris/Windows) environment that like Windows just because they already know how to use it. But in a sense this is also financially motivated, since they would have to invest some of their time to learn an unfamiliar system.
Someone complained on Groklaw that they were being stalked, as a result of making an official complaint to something like the SEC.Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com)
Wol
The claim is, but without any proof (or even evidence) to back it up, it's just that - a claim.Microsoft's Linux-basher leaves (Techworld.com)