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"Linux is *the* threat," Says Microsoft
Ami Ganguli writes "Anybody who works selling Linux into large accounts should read this leaked MS memo on The Register. Show it to your clients as well. The good news is that Microsoft is scared. The bad news is that these guys play tough. On the other hand, I've worked with IBM sales before, and they're no push-overs either." And it appears that they want to go after the the City of Largo as well.
Guns don't kill people. People kill people. For the same reason, Linux isn't the threat. People who use Linux to kill Microsoft are the threat. ;)
Oh! I volunteer for the Penguin Attack force[tm]. Can we have laser beams?
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I saw this first on that well know MS bashing site the Register what it seams to show is that MS sales droids are being incurraged to enguage in corperate espionage and where appropiate bribe the CIO's with as many discounts as nessacery to get MS through the door.
Of cause the sales pitch avoids issues like licence lock in
Wouldn't it be nice if schools got all the money they wanted and the army had to hold jumble sales for guns
Yes, and be sure to CC the person who leaked this memo!
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
...Linux may well be a threat to M$, but according to this article, a bug in Microsoft's new operating system could lead to actual physical harm of its users.
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Is great, because deep down inside we really are a plague. We have:
1. Carriers --> the pre-installed masses out there who love the OS and tote it everywhere they can. You can't cure a carrier with the M$ vacciene, because they're stuck with the disease for life, for free, and don't even understand that its a problem, because they typically show none of the symptoms.
2. Infection Vectors --> You can also spot evangelists, who might not be the best users or carriers around, but they sure do love to spread the word, show the symptoms of the "disease" of Linux, and make serious threats to Microsoft's soverignty.
3. Symptoms --> Ranting about Emacs vs. Vi, BSD vs. GNU, wearing funny tee-shirts, or having epileptic fits about free software costing literally nothing at work, at home, during spare time, on dates, etc. People who do not learn to tame these symptoms can end up becoming terminal geeks, even if they are recovering Windows users.
Which is probably why Microsoft sales people have to spot the companies with even a single Linux user, because they KNOW Linux will spread if left untreated.
"Look at me, I invented the stove!" -- Ben Franklin
LOL!
Question: How do you recognise a MS salesperson in 2003?
Answer: By the painful look on their faces whenever they take a seat.
Evidently, none of these guys are in engineering. I wonder when exactly Microsoft's core comptency shifted from software to bullshit.
Thank you team -- that's one less tattoo Mandy and crew will need to get.
What kind of weird marketing practice is this? Have they take to branding and torturing the sales staff to help inspire them?
Tattoos?
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
I don't know that the reg would thank you for this. They are a very high traffic site, a little /. effect will do them no noticeable harm. Reposting their stories verbatim however steals the page impressions that make them cash. Nice try but wrong site to help :( IMHO.
I suggest you go to Their Merchandising and buy a BOFH T-shirt to atone for your sin.
Cheers,
R. (Not connected to the reg, just a long time reader)
Maybe you live in interesting times
``Why be yourself, when you could be someone really worthwhile instead?'' - (no known attribution)
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
Ha! I love this. Go with Microsoft, and you're on some sort of "PC economics model" treadmill. You pay what they want, when they want. Go with Linux and all you pay for is a sysadmin or two (or n). Very predictable costing: n persons' salaries, every year; no surprises.
John.
He's trying to outsell something that's free to keep his job.
Go Lakers!
How do we really know this is real? Has anyone seen the email trail back to microsoft? I am just playing devils advocate here, but How do we know some didn't make it up the forward it to the Register.
Can we call these the Turkey Documents?
At the next eco-hypocrisy-meeting, count the private jets used to get to the meeting. Should be interesting to see that
Yes. Actually, Microsoft and Scientology have repeatedly been linked, and not just by the tinfoil-hat brigade. The german government, in particular, is deeply suspicious after the microsoft/scientologist disk-defragger fiasco.
It wouldn't surprise me if the clam-heads have infiltrated MS middle management. We know they control hollywood and the IRS, and controlling the OS on 90% of the world's computers would certainly be an aim of those power hungry hypnotised wierdos.
The scientologists are quite scary, what with their little fleet in international waters and their mountain full of weapons...
Choice of masters is not freedom.
"...Lloyd now has more body surface area saved to get that Windows tattoo he has always wanted!"
Is this the mark of the beast?
I agree that this memo looks like nothing more than ordinary motivational rah-rah blather. What I absolutely adore is the sense of entitlement.
"EVERY propritary Unix server out there is a Microsoft sale waiting to happen, gosh darn it! Every time one of those faithless IT people swaps in a Free Unix to replace a proprietary Unix... they're STEALING our sale! That's money taken from OUR pocket! Linux is to blame for the tattoos on my ass! EVERY TIME ONE OF YOU BEARDED, TEE-SHIRT-WEARING HIPPIE SCUM BOOTS Linux, MICROSOFT CHILDREN GO HUNGRY!!!!!"