[News] [Rival] Windows Vista Still Loathed (Digest)

After takin' a swig o' grog, anon RemoveThis @anon.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> We believe that linux has eaten into unix sales and that's about it
> and if that's the case, linux is ultimately only cannibalizing
> itself. We doubt that many people who want windoze would settle for
> anything else.

I get it now. You are a Microsoft bot.

Well, not really. No bot would insert so many cover-your-ass provisos
into its statements.

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____/ waterskidoo on Saturday 28 July 2007 20:56 : \____

> On 2007-07-28, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups.RemoveThis@schestowitz.com> wrote:
>
>> They should just move to Linux. XP won't live forever and it's a step /back/
>> in time. It's like running back when crossing a bridge rather than just
>> reaching for the end whilst you're 3/4 there.
>
> Some of them are testing the waters as we speak
>
>> This morning I received a parcel from some anonymous person (I didn't know
>> these can be shipped anonymously). In contained DVDs with "screensavers"...
>> but these are merely Windows installers that install OpenSUSE 10.2 without
>> the user's awareness. Maybe I'll give of these to my sister...
>
> That's really sneaky!
> Does the install clobber the users Windows partition?
> If so, I would suspect someone trying to give Linux a bad name.

I haven't checked. The parcel had a letter in it, but it was very cryptic,
saying my FTP server was not anonymous enough and that distribution of GPL
software without sources could lead to trouble. Either way, I didn't even know
what it was all about until I got back and got hold of a DVD drive. I just
browsed the files. Seems like Opensuse's Wubi equivalent, but with a cloak of
stealth. I heard/read about it before, but I thought it was still under heavy
testing or something.

>> Install screensavers, get *nixed!
> That's funny <mesmiles>!

The letter also ended with the words "what if they gave out these CDs to
everyone in Manchester University (without explaining what it's all about?"

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____/ Linonut on Sunday 29 July 2007 02:54 : \____

> After takin' a swig o' grog, anon.DeleteThis@anon.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> We believe that linux has eaten into unix sales and that's about it
>> and if that's the case, linux is ultimately only cannibalizing
>> itself. We doubt that many people who want windoze would settle for
>> anything else.
>
> I get it now. You are a Microsoft bot.
>
> Well, not really. No bot would insert so many cover-your-ass provisos
> into its statements.
>
eople who prefer not to identify themselves pretty much tell you what they are
worth and what they think their posts are worth.

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups.TakeThisOut@schestowitz.com> says:
> Linonut on Sunday 29 July 2007 02:54
>> anon.TakeThisOut@anon.com wrote:

Can we dispense with the immature silliness in the attribution
lines?

>>> We believe that linux has eaten into unix sales and that's about
>>> it and if that's the case, linux is ultimately only
>>> cannibalizing itself. We doubt that many people who want
>>> windoze would settle for anything else.

>> I get it now. You are a Microsoft bot. Well, not really. No
>> bot would insert so many cover-your-ass provisos into its
>> statements.

Can you give us an example of a so-called "cover-your-ass provisos"
in the above statements? Or is this just name-calling?

>People who prefer not to identify themselves pretty much tell you
>what they are worth and what they think their posts are worth.

Well, our name is Ron Matthews, if that is your complaint. Simply
do a google search on cordially, as always, and you'll have our
name.

cordially, as always,

rm

[H]omer <spam.TakeThisOut@uce.gov> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that John Locke spake thusly:
>
>> It is time for Microsoft to create a streamlined, basic OS for people
>> that don't want all the junk that's in Vista. This would greatly
>> enhance the image of this company.
>
> Frankly I think it's just time for the Microsoft dinosaur to become
> extinct; and allow a modern, enlightened society to work towards Open
> Standards and Free Software.

No reasonable society would accept monopolies like this, apart from the
old communist regimes where everythign was a monopoly (Russia, China,
etc.).

>
> I have little interest in any company succeeding or failing, beyond that
> which is listed in my portfolio, and for that I'd need to consult with
> Cofunds, since I simple don't care about the details, beyond whether it
> is going up or down. That's why I pay the fund manager a commission, so
> I don't need to care about the boring details of corporate activity.
>
> The only thing that is ever likely to make me care, is if a given
> company somehow interferes with my personal freedom, like - say -
> inhibiting my choices of cheap, mass-volume, OEM computer systems;
> limiting my choice of certain hardware due to closed standards, etc.
>
> Then I care.
>

Microsoft are only interested in revenue associated with licensing, they
care not one jot about customers, except in the broadest sense (like how
many are giving us how much).

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anon DeleteThis @anon.com <anon DeleteThis @anon.com> espoused:
> amicus_curious <ACDC DeleteThis @sti.net> says:
>>"John Locke" <johnlocke98513 DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
>
>>> It is time for Microsoft to create a streamlined, basic OS for
>>> people that don't want all the junk that's in Vista. This would
>>> greatly enhance the image of this company.
>
>>What would be saved? A few hundred megabytes of disk and/or RAM?
>>Everyone has plenty of that. You are living in a bygone age.
>
>
> Please try not to quote this John Locke fellow.

From an anonymous poster? Wow, you must think we're really stupid, You
get to go into the killfile really quickly.

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John Locke <johnlocke98513.DeleteThis@comcast.net> espoused:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:06:43 -0400, "amicus_curious" <ACDC.DeleteThis@sti.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>"John Locke" <johnlocke98513.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:oeana3t7urjc1tg57uj667fdca1c23jktt@4ax.com...
>>
>>> It is time for Microsoft to create a streamlined, basic OS for people that
>>> don't want all the junk that's in Vista. This would greatly enhance the
>>> image
>>> of this company.
>>>
>>What would be saved? A few hundred megabytes of disk and/or RAM? Everyone
>>has plenty of that. You are living in a bygone age.
> I still run Windows 2000 Pro, so in a sense you are correct.
> But I also run Linux which seems to be pretty much streamlined and that's here
> and now.
>
> .....and by the way. You've just been lectured by a troll on how to structure
> your posts. Now that's a new one ! Very "cordial" fellow. Good luck with
> that.
>
> "Please try not to quote this John Locke fellow. We have him
> killfiled and marked down as "boring" and we would prefer not to see
> his work at all. However, we are not trying to tell you what to do
> and we will not think any less of you if you choose to keep
> responding to him. (Not that you would care what we think, either
> way.) We just state our preferences with respect to Mr. Locke."
>

They're both trolls.

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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:14:01 GMT, anon DeleteThis @anon.com wrote:

>Well, our name is Ron Matthews, if that is your complaint. Simply
>do a google search on cordially, as always, and you'll have our
>name.
I have and you're about as popular as the black plague.
>
>cordially, as always,
...as cordial as a pit full of vipers.
>
>rm

After takin' a swig o' grog, anon RemoveThis @anon.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups RemoveThis @schestowitz.com> says:
>> Linonut on Sunday 29 July 2007 02:54
>>> anon RemoveThis @anon.com wrote:
>
> Can we dispense with the immature silliness in the attribution
> lines?

Why?

After takin' a swig o' grog, anon RemoveThis @anon.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:

>>>> We believe that linux has eaten into unix sales and that's about
>>>> it and if that's the case, linux is ultimately only
>>>> cannibalizing itself. We doubt that many people who want
>>>> windoze would settle for anything else.
>
>>> I get it now. You are a Microsoft bot. Well, not really. No
>>> bot would insert so many cover-your-ass provisos into its
>>> statements.
>
> Can you give us an example of a so-called "cover-your-ass provisos"
> in the above statements? Or is this just name-calling?

"if" --> "cover your ass"

>>People who prefer not to identify themselves pretty much tell you
>>what they are worth and what they think their posts are worth.
>
> Well, our name is Ron Matthews, if that is your complaint. Simply
> do a google search on cordially, as always, and you'll have our
> name.

"Our"?

You seem to be yet another poster who adopts a stuffy, polite manner,
while emitting insinuations and patronization, not to mention some real
hokum.

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After takin' a swig o' grog, John Locke belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:06:43 -0400, "amicus_curious" <ACDC RemoveThis @sti.net> wrote:
>
>>"John Locke" <johnlocke98513 RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:oeana3t7urjc1tg57uj667fdca1c23jktt@4ax.com...
>>
>>What would be saved? A few hundred megabytes of disk and/or RAM? Everyone
>>has plenty of that. You are living in a bygone age.
> I still run Windows 2000 Pro, so in a sense you are correct.
> But I also run Linux which seems to be pretty much streamlined and that's here
> and now.
>
> .....and by the way. You've just been lectured by a troll on how to structure
> your posts. Now that's a new one ! Very "cordial" fellow. Good luck with
> that.
>
> "Please try not to quote this John Locke fellow. We have him
> killfiled and marked down as "boring" and we would prefer not to see
> his work at all. However, we are not trying to tell you what to do
> and we will not think any less of you if you choose to keep
> responding to him. (Not that you would care what we think, either
> way.) We just state our preferences with respect to Mr. Locke."

I like the supercilious touch of "we".

It's like the Queen or something:

"<icy tone> <i> We </i> do not approve. </icy tone>"

I think he uses it to provoke, based on this one:

http://www.hostingforum.ca/598693-i-just-got-11-right-now-12-a-6.html

Dan C

Posts: n/a
Re: I just got 11 Right - Now 12
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 21:23:48 +0000, Realto wrote:

>>> Printer setup is still a bear.

>>That's where you see the difference between boys and men.

> Why don't you give us a tutorial on setting up our Lexmark
> X5270 for linux?

Only boys use Lexmark printers, and only boys need a tutorial,
boy.

> cordially, as always,

Smeg off.

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After takin' a swig o' grog, Mark Kent belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> anon RemoveThis @anon.com <anon RemoveThis @anon.com> espoused:
>> amicus_curious <ACDC RemoveThis @sti.net> says:
>>>"John Locke" <johnlocke98513 RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
>>
>>>> It is time for Microsoft to create a streamlined, basic OS for
>>>> people that don't want all the junk that's in Vista. This would
>>>> greatly enhance the image of this company.
>>
>>>What would be saved? A few hundred megabytes of disk and/or RAM?
>>>Everyone has plenty of that. You are living in a bygone age.
>>
>>
>> Please try not to quote this John Locke fellow.
>
> From an anonymous poster? Wow, you must think we're really stupid, You
> get to go into the killfile really quickly.

I dunno, this "rm" (anon@anon.com) guy might be trying to make a name
for himself, a la' tholen. Shan't we help him along?

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Linonut <linonut.DeleteThis@bellsouth.net> says:
>anon@anon.com belched out this bit o' wisdom:

>> Can you give us an example of a so-called "cover-your-ass provisos"
>> in the above statements? Or is this just name-calling?

>"if" --> "cover your ass"

Why does somebody named anon.DeleteThis@anon.com have to "cover their ass?"

>>>People who prefer not to identify themselves pretty much tell you
>>>what they are worth and what they think their posts are worth.

>> Well, our name is Ron Matthews, if that is your complaint.
>> Simply do a google search on cordially, as always, and you'll
>> have our name.

>"Our"?

Yep. What's your name? Or is that a big secret?

>You seem to be yet another poster who adopts a stuffy, polite
>manner, while emitting insinuations and patronization, not to
>mention some real hokum.

And all you have done in this posting is "challenge" our statements
with silly ad hominem attacks.

If you wish to be treated with respect, by respectable posters, you
have to act in a respectable and responsible manner. Calling
somebody a "windows-bot" merely because they point out some way that
windoze is better than linux, shows you to be a linux zealot. As
such, you are the worst enemy linux has, and you are a waste of time
to converse with because you are uttely incapable of reasonable
discourse.

IOW, bugger off.

cordially, as always,

rm

Linonut <linonut.RemoveThis@bellsouth.net> says:

>> "Please try not to quote this John Locke fellow. We have him
>> killfiled and marked down as "boring" and we would prefer not to
>> see his work at all. However, we are not trying to tell you what
>> to do and we will not think any less of you if you choose to keep
>> responding to him. (Not that you would care what we think,
>> either way.) We just state our preferences with respect to Mr.
>> Locke."

>I like the supercilious touch of "we".

>It's like the Queen or something:

> "<icy tone> <i> We </i> do not approve. </icy tone>"

It's interesting that you make that inference. Of course you have
no idea if that was what we implied, but it does indicate that you
feel yourself naturally inferior and that you object to the fact, or
at least what you imagine to be fact, that we look down on you.

Your problem is probably found deep within some nebulous and
neurotic personal psychological profile, for which real help is not
something that you could ever hope to afford. We suggest that you
think a little more carefully about what you say in the future.
Don't do things in the heat of the moment because unless you act
with a cool head you are likely to expose your weaknesses to others,
just as you have to us.

Or the other option is to simply bugger off.

cordially, as always,

rm