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Platform Evangelism

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the witnessing-for-the-faith dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "James Plamondon, a former Microsoft employee is writing a book on Technological Evangelism at Microsoft. He's posted the first chapter, "Evangelism is War." Robert Scoble, a current Microsoft Evangelist doesn't like the metaphor, but Micah Alpern is concerned Microsoft could use similar strategies against Macromedia Flash."

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  1. Macromedia in trouble? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Macromedia's days are numbered once MS targets flash.

    It's probably only a matter of time before MS decides to start targeting Adobe markets as well.

  2. Linux Zealot goes to the Mac store by rkz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even Linux Zealot switched to using macs,
    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/allencastro/switch.sw f


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  3. Re:get over bill! by jedidiah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why not just get a supported replacement?

    It would cost no more than a large pizza.

    It would cost much less than your next series of Microsoft upgrades.

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  4. Re:Microsoft! by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I love the fact that there's a great big Microsoft ad on this article.

    Not only did Slashdot post this anti-Microsoft article to get ad hits, but the ad is from Microsoft themselves. Of course, Slashbots will choose to ignore the fact that Slashdot is corporate-owned.

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