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ESR's Halloween XI -- Get the FUD

Posted by timothy on from the strange-arguments dept.

dave writes "In the newest Halloween Document (mirror), Eric Raymond analyzes Microsoft's 'Get The Facts' road show. The anti-Linux arguments they are using now -- and, even more, the arguments they're *not* using -- reveal how desperate Microsoft is getting. He explains why he thinks we need to focus more on government adoptions, and predicts serious ugliness during the next year."

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  1. I got one better by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    check out the new Apple liquid cooling photos

    techseekers.net/modules.php?name=News&file=artic le &sid=3927

  2. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Fucking post

    1. Re:First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You Fucking fail it

  3. Cool! The Sequel! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is Jamie Lee Curtis in this one? How about Michael Moore? *Gotta go AC on this one... :)

  4. Slightly OT: I just gave birth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    TO A FOUR POUND LOG. JESUS H. CHRIST, IT WAS LIKE DELIVERING A BABY. IT CROWNED, THE WATER SPLASHED, AND IT TOOK ALMOST FIVE MINUTES TO GET THE WHOLE THING OUT. IT CAME OUT IN ONE PIECE, THOUGH, SO IT REQUIRED TWO FLUSHES TO GET THAT TOILET MONSTER DOWN. AHH RELIEF.

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  5. Striking Parallel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "In the newest Terrorist Overview, George Bush analyzes the terrorist's 'Get The Infadels' road show. The anti-US tactics they are using now -- and, even more, the tactics they're *not* using -- reveal how desperate the terrorist's are getting. He explains why he thinks we need to focus more on helping governments become democratic, and predicts serious ugliness during the next year."

  6. Re:Corrections in the ESR documents. by IANAAC · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I just emailed ESR about the gross misreference to GNU/Linux as linux in his article.

    Thanks Rich.

  7. Re:I made a little chart... by cuzality · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    MOD PARENT UP!

  8. Re:ESR, again. by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I believe you are either replying to the wrong post or you are confused.

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  9. Re:Small business perspective by utlemming · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, I am a full-time retail manager working in a plant nursery while taking full-time IS classes. Yeah, I am not planning on staying in the nursery business.

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  10. Re:Microsoft survival by Petrol · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It probably got moderated that way because someone at Anti-Slash has tagged it as a Troll and asked it be modded up.

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