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On Oct 5, 3:22 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> wrote:
> Microsoft's risky, misleading ad campaign
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Campbell's so slick, I wouldn't be surprised to see him out hitting the
> | campaign trail for Microsoft's OOXML efforts.
> |
> | Regardless, there are still uneducated people that think of open source and
> | Linux as one open-source project as "science projects" and "risky."
> | Apparently they think it's less risky to give away control of their IT to a
> | vendor based on a few flashy demos from a sales engineer. They will learn in
> | time.
> |
> | For now, repeat after me: The real risk is in proprietary software. Period.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9791652-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&...
>
> Shills, crookes, and big Lies.
>
> Related:
>
> Some New FUD Is Born - And a New Wallpaper for Edubuntu
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | I can usually tell what the new Microsoft anti-Linux FUD is by reading what
> | Rob Enderle writes.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | I thought about all this today because of this article, "Sparks Fly As Linux
> | Kernel Guy Quits In a Huff," by Alexander Wolfe on Information Week, part of
> | his theme song on "Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed on the Desktop." You wish.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Has Information Week declared a jihad against Linux or something?
> `----
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070921112733615
>
> The following article has been pulled for some reason...
>
> Microsoft-sponsored security symposium's cause brain damage, claims security
> expert
>
> .----[ Quote ]
> | In a revelation that will come as a surprise to many today, a
> | security expert, who wishes to remain anonymous because he doesn't
> | exist, claims that attending Microsoft sponsored events, such as
> | the recent security symposium at Santa Clara University, can cause
> | irreversible brain damage in the attendees, making them inclined to
> | spout gibberish.
> |
> | Dave Cullinane, eBay's chief information and security officer, was
> | the first victim to be diagnosed with the debilitating condition,
> | by local medical practitioner - Dr. Fraud, and panic quickly
> | ensued, causing various attending members of the press to become
> | spontaneously affected.
> |
> | "It's a form of hysteria", said Dr. Fraud whilst scratching his
> | testicles. "The pathology of this disease is fascinating, it
> | appears to spread orally at first, but subsequently mutates into a
> | form that can even travel along electronic pathways."
> |
> | Meanwhile there are rumours that the FDA and local law enforcement
> | officials may be called in, to investigate an allegation that the
> | epidemic was started deliberately by an unnamed Microsoft
> | employee, a known carrier of the disease, who introduced the viral
> | agent by urinating in the wine.
> |
> | Steve Blamer, Microsoft's CEO, was not available for comment at the
> | time of publication.
> `----
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22157508-2,00.html
>
> ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser Firefox is so
> | critically flawed that it is impossible to fix, according to two
> | hackers." Further on, in the ZDNet article I read: "The hackers claim
> | they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to
> | disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."
> |
> | Since that sounds suspicious, I decided to start searching for
> | connections with MS. Easy enough, here it is...
> `----
>
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/70873/index.html
>
> Linux phishing botnet statistics can be deceptive
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | There are some problems with such assumptions based on that statement,
> | however:
> |
> | 1. Each phishing site does not necessarily imply an individual machine...
> | 2. A phishing site does not imply the box was rootkitted...
> | 3. Phishing botnets that targeted Washington Mutual are by no means the
> | sum total of phishing sites...
> | 4. Phishing sites are not the same as botnet nodes. No, really - this is
> | the biggest problem with the obvious assumptions here.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=296
>
> A response to that FUD piece, "Linux Still Doesn't Make it On Desktop", from
> Microsoft Shill, Michael Gartenberg
>
> http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
>
> Effective evangelism
>
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03...
>
> Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
> | Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
> | research director at JupiterResearch.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0...
>
> Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter
> | Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicf...
>
> Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Editors' Note: November 10, 2006, Friday An article in Business Day
> | on Tuesday described a decision by Microsoft to offer movies and
> | episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live
> | online service in the United States.
> |
> | The article quoted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle
> | Group, discussing the features that set Xbox Live service apart
> | and its position in the market.
> |
> | But the article did not note that Mr. Enderle had Microsoft as a client,
> | a fact later pointed out by a reader. Mr. Enderle does consulting work
> | for several of Microsoft's product groups, though not for the one
> | developing the Xbox still, had The Times known of Mr. Enderle's work
> | for Microsoft, it would not have sought out his opinion on the product.
> `----
>
> http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83A5B0C748CDDA...http://tinyurl.com/y3avsv
>
> NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The New York Times continues to perplex with its analyst- quoting
> | policy. Rather than having analysts declare their ties to clients,
> | the paper would prefer to quote analysts that have no experience
> | with a client - a protocol which seems to undermine the very point
> | of citing analysts.
> |
> | The Register this week started pushing the Times to explain its
> | quoting stance after noticing that Rob Enderle - the most quoted
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^
> | technology analyst on the planet - had been blocked from commenting
> | on companies with which he has a financial relationship. The ban
> | against Enderle appeared odd, given that Times reporters continue
> | to cite analysts from larger firms who also have financial
> | relationships with the companies discussed.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | As it turns out, there's a cottage industry devoted to Rob
> | Enderle, where Linux zealots fire off this form letter to editors
> | whenever Enderle appears talking about Microsoft. Perhaps the Linux
> | crowd could put its fabled collective mind toward creating letters
> | for all the major analysts. Lord knows, the Times could use
> | some help.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
You sound like some kind of a paranoid nutcase Roy Schestowitz.
Time to loosen up the straps on your tinfoil hat.
> Microsoft's risky, misleading ad campaign
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Campbell's so slick, I wouldn't be surprised to see him out hitting the
> | campaign trail for Microsoft's OOXML efforts.
> |
> | Regardless, there are still uneducated people that think of open source and
> | Linux as one open-source project as "science projects" and "risky."
> | Apparently they think it's less risky to give away control of their IT to a
> | vendor based on a few flashy demos from a sales engineer. They will learn in
> | time.
> |
> | For now, repeat after me: The real risk is in proprietary software. Period.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9791652-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&...
>
> Shills, crookes, and big Lies.
>
> Related:
>
> Some New FUD Is Born - And a New Wallpaper for Edubuntu
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | I can usually tell what the new Microsoft anti-Linux FUD is by reading what
> | Rob Enderle writes.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | I thought about all this today because of this article, "Sparks Fly As Linux
> | Kernel Guy Quits In a Huff," by Alexander Wolfe on Information Week, part of
> | his theme song on "Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed on the Desktop." You wish.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Has Information Week declared a jihad against Linux or something?
> `----
>
> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070921112733615
>
> The following article has been pulled for some reason...
>
> Microsoft-sponsored security symposium's cause brain damage, claims security
> expert
>
> .----[ Quote ]
> | In a revelation that will come as a surprise to many today, a
> | security expert, who wishes to remain anonymous because he doesn't
> | exist, claims that attending Microsoft sponsored events, such as
> | the recent security symposium at Santa Clara University, can cause
> | irreversible brain damage in the attendees, making them inclined to
> | spout gibberish.
> |
> | Dave Cullinane, eBay's chief information and security officer, was
> | the first victim to be diagnosed with the debilitating condition,
> | by local medical practitioner - Dr. Fraud, and panic quickly
> | ensued, causing various attending members of the press to become
> | spontaneously affected.
> |
> | "It's a form of hysteria", said Dr. Fraud whilst scratching his
> | testicles. "The pathology of this disease is fascinating, it
> | appears to spread orally at first, but subsequently mutates into a
> | form that can even travel along electronic pathways."
> |
> | Meanwhile there are rumours that the FDA and local law enforcement
> | officials may be called in, to investigate an allegation that the
> | epidemic was started deliberately by an unnamed Microsoft
> | employee, a known carrier of the disease, who introduced the viral
> | agent by urinating in the wine.
> |
> | Steve Blamer, Microsoft's CEO, was not available for comment at the
> | time of publication.
> `----
>
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22157508-2,00.html
>
> ToorCon ("Firefox security is a mess") sponsored by Microsoft
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Lately, I read the headline: "Open Source browser Firefox is so
> | critically flawed that it is impossible to fix, according to two
> | hackers." Further on, in the ZDNet article I read: "The hackers claim
> | they know of about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws. They don't plan to
> | disclose them, instead holding onto the bugs."
> |
> | Since that sounds suspicious, I decided to start searching for
> | connections with MS. Easy enough, here it is...
> `----
>
> http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/70873/index.html
>
> Linux phishing botnet statistics can be deceptive
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | There are some problems with such assumptions based on that statement,
> | however:
> |
> | 1. Each phishing site does not necessarily imply an individual machine...
> | 2. A phishing site does not imply the box was rootkitted...
> | 3. Phishing botnets that targeted Washington Mutual are by no means the
> | sum total of phishing sites...
> | 4. Phishing sites are not the same as botnet nodes. No, really - this is
> | the biggest problem with the obvious assumptions here.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=296
>
> A response to that FUD piece, "Linux Still Doesn't Make it On Desktop", from
> Microsoft Shill, Michael Gartenberg
>
> http://slated.org/linux_still_doesnt_make_it_on_desktop_is_pure_fud
>
> Effective evangelism
>
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03...
>
> Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
> | Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
> | research director at JupiterResearch.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0...
>
> Microsoft upgrades Zune players to challenge Apple iPods
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | "It's a nice evolutionary development to the product line," said Jupiter
> | Research analyst Michael Gartenberg.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071003/tc_afp/lifestyleitinternetmusicf...
>
> Microsoft Xbox to Join the Battle for Video Downloading
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Editors' Note: November 10, 2006, Friday An article in Business Day
> | on Tuesday described a decision by Microsoft to offer movies and
> | episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live
> | online service in the United States.
> |
> | The article quoted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle
> | Group, discussing the features that set Xbox Live service apart
> | and its position in the market.
> |
> | But the article did not note that Mr. Enderle had Microsoft as a client,
> | a fact later pointed out by a reader. Mr. Enderle does consulting work
> | for several of Microsoft's product groups, though not for the one
> | developing the Xbox still, had The Times known of Mr. Enderle's work
> | for Microsoft, it would not have sought out his opinion on the product.
> `----
>
> http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713F83A5B0C748CDDA...http://tinyurl.com/y3avsv
>
> NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The New York Times continues to perplex with its analyst- quoting
> | policy. Rather than having analysts declare their ties to clients,
> | the paper would prefer to quote analysts that have no experience
> | with a client - a protocol which seems to undermine the very point
> | of citing analysts.
> |
> | The Register this week started pushing the Times to explain its
> | quoting stance after noticing that Rob Enderle - the most quoted
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^
> | technology analyst on the planet - had been blocked from commenting
> | on companies with which he has a financial relationship. The ban
> | against Enderle appeared odd, given that Times reporters continue
> | to cite analysts from larger firms who also have financial
> | relationships with the companies discussed.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | As it turns out, there's a cottage industry devoted to Rob
> | Enderle, where Linux zealots fire off this form letter to editors
> | whenever Enderle appears talking about Microsoft. Perhaps the Linux
> | crowd could put its fabled collective mind toward creating letters
> | for all the major analysts. Lord knows, the Times could use
> | some help.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
You sound like some kind of a paranoid nutcase Roy Schestowitz.
Time to loosen up the straps on your tinfoil hat.