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Windows 7 Memory Usage Critic Outed As Fraud
A few days ago, we ran word of a report alleging that Windows 7 consumed more memory than it should, based on a report from Devil Mountain Software; a followup post linked to Ars Technica's robust deconstruction of that claim. Now the story gets weird: Fred Flowers writes The original story quoted the company's CTO, Craig Barth on the issue. Now, InfoWorld editor in chief Eric Knorr has still more to add. From Knorr's blog at InfoWorld.com: 'On Friday, Feb. 19, we discovered that one of our contributors, Randall C. Kennedy, had been misrepresenting himself to other media organizations as Craig Barth, CTO of Devil Mountain Software (aka exo.performance.network), in interviews for a number of stories regarding Windows and other Microsoft software topics. ... There is no Craig Barth.' Knorr's post goes on to say that Kennedy has been fired from his blogging gig at InfoWorld over this 'serious breach of trust,' and that his blog will be removed."
... just had a memory problem of his own?
I wonder what his motivation for lying like about it was.
I'm not sure, but Craig Barth is an anagram for Hair Grab Ct, which is obviously the location of the next clue.
Was he also CEO of Jukt Micronics?
So Slashdot posted a second hand story from another site with a (potentially) misleading headline, without checking the facts, because it would drive traffic? And now they've had a letter from a lawyer? Big surprise. I'd be proud to get banned for this post.
Please consider this account deleted, I just can't be bothered with the spam anymore.
That's simple. Money.
Based on your acute observations I suspect he meant to post on a sight other than /.
I'll say...
i think you'd appreciate this.
1178161 is prime...
Makes sense, he lies to get money, lies about money to get sex, then gets fucked.
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