I have to add, that one of the "Echelon" spy bases is in the town where I go to school, in Bad Aibling / Bavaria / Germany (www.badaibling.de). In my classroom, I have a good look at the giant aerials which look like giant golf balls...
Did you know that Echelon had a year 2000 bug ? The CIA was blind for 3 days, there could have started the 3rd world war and you wouldn't have noticed it... [in fact the USA wouldn't notice the doom of Europe either, there would only be a little notice in USA Today at the 3rd page]
The writer is d**n right, we have to show all the people outside that we are using Linux instead of Windows and we have to tell 'em that Linux is the cooler way. We also have to answer all their question why to use linux instead of Windows with technical reasonable statements which don't include flames against Microsoft or such things. Maybe that's our only chance to proceed against Microsoft.
Staying cool is our only chance!
When we do some cool advertisement for Linux we can show people that there is some other cool way round.
CU,
kx
PS: Where do you English jerk bags get the "Ü" ??? And since when do you use german expressions like "über" ???
Well I think here you have to read through the lines, let's see what the first paragraph says:
Microsoft OEM Western Region Pilot Program
Identifying PC Bids that do not include an Operating
System for each PC
Firstly, they want to identify each bid which do not include an operating system why ever.
we need your help in assuring that each and every PC has a licensed and legal operating system.
Secondly, they want that every system has a licensed and legal operating system... I don't know what they mean with a licensed operating system. I don't think that Linux is licensed, you can get it for free...
It is to your benefit as an OEM to sell Operating Systems
with each PC, especially if you will be servicing and
supporting your customer.
This means, that as a good vendorer you should distribute every PC with a MS Operating System.
As I am German I am a lil' bit more sensed about such things. It's more or less the same way like Nazis tried to take over FULL control in 1933 to 45. They collected information about there enemies and installed spies everywhere. I would think a lil' bit more about what is really happening in this world. Microsoft is trying to get a monopoly in every important sector in the new economy. They have full control over desktop systems they have big control in servers. They wanted to have a monopoly in banking software - thank god they weren't able to do it. Then they took over control at browsers and now they want to take over control @ freemail services with hotmail. You don't know what's the real source code of MS OS's and you don't know what they do with your E-Mails but expect the worst.
CU,
David Weisgerber
tnt@md.2y.net
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I have to add, that one of the "Echelon" spy bases is in the town where I go to school, in Bad Aibling / Bavaria / Germany (www.badaibling.de). In my classroom, I have a good look at the giant aerials which look like giant golf balls...
Did you know that Echelon had a year 2000 bug ? The CIA was blind for 3 days, there could have started the 3rd world war and you wouldn't have noticed it... [in fact the USA wouldn't notice the doom of Europe either, there would only be a little notice in USA Today at the 3rd page]
CU,
kx
The writer is d**n right, we have to show all the people outside that we are using Linux instead of Windows and we have to tell 'em that Linux is the cooler way. We also have to answer all their question why to use linux instead of Windows with technical reasonable statements which don't include flames against Microsoft or such things. Maybe that's our only chance to proceed against Microsoft.
Staying cool is our only chance!
When we do some cool advertisement for Linux we can show people that there is some other cool way round.
CU,
kx
PS: Where do you English jerk bags get the "Ü" ??? And since when do you use german expressions like "über" ???
German language is under GPL since 1989!
Well I think here you have to read through the lines, let's see what the first paragraph says: Microsoft OEM Western Region Pilot Program Identifying PC Bids that do not include an Operating System for each PC Firstly, they want to identify each bid which do not include an operating system why ever. we need your help in assuring that each and every PC has a licensed and legal operating system. Secondly, they want that every system has a licensed and legal operating system... I don't know what they mean with a licensed operating system. I don't think that Linux is licensed, you can get it for free... It is to your benefit as an OEM to sell Operating Systems with each PC, especially if you will be servicing and supporting your customer. This means, that as a good vendorer you should distribute every PC with a MS Operating System. As I am German I am a lil' bit more sensed about such things. It's more or less the same way like Nazis tried to take over FULL control in 1933 to 45. They collected information about there enemies and installed spies everywhere. I would think a lil' bit more about what is really happening in this world. Microsoft is trying to get a monopoly in every important sector in the new economy. They have full control over desktop systems they have big control in servers. They wanted to have a monopoly in banking software - thank god they weren't able to do it. Then they took over control at browsers and now they want to take over control @ freemail services with hotmail. You don't know what's the real source code of MS OS's and you don't know what they do with your E-Mails but expect the worst. CU, David Weisgerber tnt@md.2y.net