Microsoft's Magical 'Myth-Busting' Tour

Mz6 writes "Microsoft has launched its 'Get the Facts' road show -- the tech equivalent of a political battle bus -- to tour the country and convince the wavering that Redmond is as at least cheap and as secure as its open-source rival and to spread the word that Windows is better than Linux. Nick McGrath, Microsoft's head of platform strategy, described the campaign as 'a reality check we're bringing out', aiming to tackle the 'myths' surrounding Linux. Microsoft's road show will be in Edinburgh on June 17, Manchester on June 29 and Newport on July 7."

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Sad news ... Ronald Reagan, dead at 93

[Hot Summer Nights]

I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi actor Ronald Reagan was found dead in his Bel Air home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his bombs, there's no denying his contributions to popular poverty. Truly an American icon.

Re:Sad news ... Ronald Reagan, dead at 93

[Anonymous Coward]

Reagan is teh sux

Re:Sad news ... Ronald Reagan, dead at 93

[Anonymous Coward]

All true!

Plus I'm over 50 years old, have a degree in Math and a Masters in CompSci, got laid off from my software engineering job.... What else?

/. Getting better

[Safety Cap]

This story is only a few hours old, even if it has already been extensively reported elsewhere.

I'll be waiting them at my city doors ...

[Iceman_dvd]

Time to go buy eggs to throw them!

aww, come on, mods

[Anonymous Coward]

look at pb's uid! s/he must have powers beyond any of our comprehension!

Re:Bit of info

[mangu]

We American have never fought a war with UK so that why I don't know where it's at.

What? Me fail history and geography? That's umpossible!

Besides spelling, for writing "umpossible" with a "u", you fail history. You did fight a war against the UK in 1812. But your sorry ass was saved by a pirate named Jean Laffitte. However, the military industrial complex doesn't want you to know about this because they don't want to encourage piracy. You see, they even got a Russian to play the pirate role. Americans should never be pirates, even in film.

More faulty views of reality:

[Futurepower(R)]

For some people, lying is an art form. It's not just Microsoft; trying to get others to believe faulty views of reality is widespread in our society. For example, Enron, Tyco, and WordCom. Here's more, from the White House:

• Clear Skies Initiative: A program to gut the Clean Air Act and substitute weaker anti-pollution regulations.
• Economic Stimulus: Massive tax cuts for corporations and the rich that failed, in theory and practice, to stimulate.
• Energy Security: The barely lessened dependence on Mideast oil to be achieved by drilling in U.S. national parks and wilderness preserves.
• Free Speech: 1) The ... right of pharmaceutical and other companies to make exaggerated or false advertising claims for their products, or 2) the right to raise and spend as much campaign money as you want, in any way you want.
• Healthy Forests Initiative: A policy of blaming forest fires on "tree-hugging" environmentalists and letting logging companies cut down the forests to save them.

Got Lies? There's more documented here: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government

I know, right?

[pb]

...it must be the $3 crack again... :)