MS Struggles to Discredit Linux

PrimeNumber writes "The Register has this interesting story about a supposedly "leaked" email from Microsoft Windows division VP Brian Valentine. Although half of it is admittedly suit/rah rah speak, the interesting nuggets mention use of Microsofts "Sun and Linux insiders"." The whole email is pretty funny actually.

Comments

I love Calculus!

[Anonymous Coward]

Who doesn't? I mean, really, what is more fun than integration by substitution?

Re:I love Calculus!

[Chris Burke]

Integration by parts.
Duh.

Grits and Bawls

[Anonymous Coward]

Don Knotts Guy owns joo
All your base
Petrified Natalie Portman
OOG

Slashbot Copy n' Paste Fun

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashbot Fun Time Frolics
Simply copy n' paste your favourite expression into a post!

• "Oooh! How schweet! Does it run Linux?"
• "I wonder how long it will take before Linux is ported to this puppy?"
• "I was going to write the app, but I was too lazy to do it, and waited for someone else to make it instead."
• "The GPL is great - Let's discuss it."
• "My professor said I should be using emacs..."
• "My professor said I should be using vi..."
• "It's sooo easy to port this application, why hasn't anyone done it yet? I would, but I'm too busy working on the kernel and choosing new Transformers wallpaper..."
• "If everyone was as talented a coder as me, we'd have beaten Microsoft by now!"
• "I don't care if Windows Ultra has no bugs or security flaws whatsoever, it's still worse than Linux."
• "Chyeah! Right! If it was a business requirement to use Java, they should have refused to do the project!"
• "Of course I don't use Internet Explorer. I only use it when I'm forced to, like at the office, and at school, and at home..."
• "The government can kiss my ass until they stop monitoring my phone calls... FREEEEEDOM!"
• "I can't believe you paid money for Photoshop! GIMP is way better dude!"
• "I was going to Ask Slashdot, but then I noticed that Dragonball Z was on cartoon network..."
• "I've always wanted a Japanese girlfriend so I can understand my non-dubbed/subbed anime collection..."
• "Uh! That's is such a rip off of Communication OS from Serial Experiments Lain!"
• "Why didn't Alan ask Linus about the VM? I like being on first name basis with my heroes."
• "Everyone on IRC told me Enterprise was crap. I watched it, loved it, and then told everyone I met that it was crap."
• "The government is taking away my rights! This is so like '1984'!"
• "I'm reading the preface to C for Dummies and my head already hurts..."
• "But real programmers use a CLI! Anybody who doesn't use a Common Library Injector should have got a degree like me!"
• "I'm going to code my Gamecube emulator in C, but even though I have only ever used Visual Basic Learning Edition, it should be a one banana problem and ready in the next few days."
• "I hardly think you can call me a fashion victim - I been encoding to ogg since 1994"
• "But I'm taking Computer Science at university; You WILL respect my opinion! I am the law!"
• "I may have only just graduated, and may still be looking for work, but I've got more experience than you with your '20 years of coding'!! Get A BS!"
• "I asked Neff if they would Open Source the code to my microwave, but they told me it was proprietary..."
• "I know Ada, Fortran, Cobol, C, C++, Java, HTML, Perl and RPG.... Oh, I thought you meant know *of* them..."

NickTheGreek, London
The traffik's blaadhy murder, but then that's part a' the charm, aint't it?!

Some More Anti-Linux FUD for Your Enjoyment

[cscx]

As many of you may not know, I am actually an admin at Microsoft with über-133t access. Here is what I have found out:

H:\>net use N: \\redmond_homes\bvalentine$
The command completed successfully.

H:\>N:

N:\>cd pictures

N:\Pictures>dir *.png

Volume in drive N has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0000-FFFF

Directory of N:\Pictures

12/12/2001 11:56 AM 126,093 Picture_Of_Linus_T_In_Polka_Dot_Panties.PNG
1 File(s) 126,093 bytes
0 Dir(s) 29,193,998,336 bytes free

Sh*t, hope Brian doesn't find out it was me again... I hate it when he rams the heated curling iron you know where...

This may surpise you!

[Anonymous Coward]

But im a troll that uses LINUX! and by the way, www.goatse.cx (the trolls favorite site) server runs on LINUX See for your self

So Die Egg troll and Wintrolls and stare at that gaping "linux powered" hole

Re:Double standard

[The Turbinator]

Not a bad troll. But you could do without the dollar signs. I stopped taking you seriously when I saw the first one.
Nice try. Thank you and come again!

Re:Double standard

[The Turbinator]

Yes, but I'm not meant to be taken seriously. ;)

Re:Double standard

[Archemedes Screwe]

How do you know that I am? ;)

Re:Double standard

[Archemedes Screwe]

Anyway, if you're not meant to be taken seriously, and you don't take me seriously, should I seriously care?

Re:Double standard

[Anonymous Coward]

please shut up

Re:Double standard or asymmetrical struggle?

[Kool Moe]

I have two head/kybd/mouse-less Windows webserver systems here (Win98/Apache, Win2k/Apache).
Both run PCanywhere for my occasional access needs. So far, both are running 3 weeks and no need to hook-up aforementioned peripherals.
KM