[ale] A bitt too much

[Frank Zamenski]

Yes, but, and maybe it's only me, there seems some kind of condescending
undertone to it, also. Like Big Brother Bill 'knows' what's best. Or maybe
it's that there is a presumption (fantasy?) on their part that most whom
install Linux will eventually delete it in want or favor of their
'preferable' OS. Subliminally, who knows, they might even be trying to pass
that message along. (Who, MS? Nah....  :)

Yours in fondest paranoia,
--Frank

----- Original Message -----
 From: "John R. Hall" <reeves at earthling.net>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] A bitt too much


> Perhaps it's not entirely technically correct, but it's not a bad article,
coming
> from Microsoft. At least it doesn't go off on the "why you should get rid
of Linux"
> tangent.
>
> -Reeves
>
> "Glenn C. Lasher Jr." wrote:
>
> > In typical Microsoft fashion, the information provided is inaccurate, or
> > at least, leaves something out.  It assumes you have a two-partition
> > system.
> >
> > On another note, I have a friend in Seattle who just last month left his
> > position at Microsoft, and he tells me there is a lot of dissidence in
> > Microsoft's ranks, and thet he is not the only one to have been working
> > there, but running Linux secretly at home.  Such dissidence could be the
> > root cause of the phrasing found in this particular technote, i.e., what
> > the writer is really saying is, "Linux is much more versatile, you
> > probably shouldn't do this" in a manner so as to get past the censors.
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> >
> > > Geez, beyond a certain point, it almost starts to look like an ad for
Linux
> > > ("...recognizes more than forty different partition types...")
> > >
> > > - Jeff
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:nomad at rnd-consulting.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:39 AM
> > > > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > > > Subject: [ale] A bitt too much
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q247/8/04.ASP
> > > > ?LNG=ENG&SA=ALLKB
> > > >
> > > > I don't even know what to say, other than found on slashdot.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > :wq!
> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > -------------
> > > > Robert L. Harris                |  Low quality in a product happens.
> > > > Senior System Engineer          |    That doesn't mean it's right
and
> > > >   at RnD Consulting.                |      and defintely doesn't
> > > > mean it should
> > > >                                  \_      be accepted.
> > > > Require quality.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.rnd-consulting.com/~nomad
> > > >
> > > > DISCLAIMER:
> > > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > >
> > > > FYI:
> > > >  perl -e 'print
> > > > $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > > >
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