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Ask the Author of the Latest MS-Funded Windows vs. Linux Study

Posted by Roblimo on from the Out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-Slashdot-fire dept.

Last week on Slashdot you saw a (Microsoft-funded) research study on Windows vs. (Novell) Linux reliability by Dr.Herbert Thompson. Novell disagreed with the study's conclusions. So did most Slashdot readers. Thompson's work been mentioned on Slashdot before, especially his famous five-line script that could change electronic voting machine results and his novel, The Mezonic Agenda: Hacking the Presidency. He's a real, genuine-article computer security expert (and regular Slashdot reader) who is happy to put on his flame-resistant suit and discuss his Microsoft vs. Linux study with you. So ask whatever you like, one question per post. We'll send him 10 of the highest-moderated questions and publish his answers next Monday. He'll jump into the discussion then, which ought to make it rather lively.

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  1. Re:Tell us. by Anonymous+Monkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Dear Mr (Mrs.) AC:

    Well, now that I have more money than you ever will EVER, and now that I can afford life, and lots of toys, and even an accoridan I can play just to tick off my nebors, It feels GREAT!

    Yours,

    Microsoft Troll 931234AX32

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  2. My darling linux, by Chickenofbristol55 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Please baby, look I know we have had our bad times, but all this friction with these studies are driving us apart. I love you with all my kernal, I/O and DOS, but it's over. I can't continue seeing you, my dady Bill hates you, and there's nothing I can do. If you weren't such a slut (you got passed around freely, without even collecting a dime), maybe things could be different.

    Yours truly and forever, Windows.

    For all the geeks here, that's called a love letter.

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  3. XML Question. by LifesABeach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why does Microsoft remove preprocessing statements in XMLDocuments that pass through its web services product?

  4. Question by yoink23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you were a hotdog, would you eat yourself?

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