[huskerlug] Re: How do you define an evil corporation?
- From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:11:46 -0600
Well, if this isn't a LINUX USER GROUP mailing list then perhaps I am on
the wrong list.
When Ballmer pees on your head do you call it rain?
Hexadecimal wrote:
> I agree. I'm pretty OS-agnostic... I just use whatever runs my junk.
> I use Linux for OpenGL development (and I port my program over to Windows
> when done - don't want to crap on anybody!) and I use Windows for pretty
> much everything else... (MS Office 2007 rocks)
>
> -Seth
>
> On 2/11/07, Charles Leslie <charles.leslie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I know that a Linux mailing list like this tends to have a bias
>> towards what it believes in, I.E. Linux, and open source. But is all
>> this anti-Microsoft, anti-other OS posting really productive?
>>
>> Personally, I am an avid technology user, and use anything that works
>> for me, whether it be Windows, OSX, BSD, Linux, TI Calculators, Duct
>> tape, etc. :)
>>
>> We all know that Microsoft and Apple support closed source, DRM, etc,
>> and things that Linux advocates don't generally agree with. But do we
>> really need to be reminded of that with 90% of the posts to this list?
>> I would assume that most people that are interested in Linux would
>> already know about these things.
>>
>> I joined this mailing list to fine like minded people that enjoy
>> working with Linux and technology in general, but it seems like the
>> majority of the content on this mailing list is anti-Microsoft. Even
>> though I agree with most of it, I find it just amounts to being
>> counter productive, and mostly inflammatory, even anti-technology,
>> negative, hate speech. History would tell us how well a negative
>> approach works in gaining followers.
>>
>> Perhaps we should start a 2nd mailing list called the "Linux Reich"
>> and have Windows flag burning parties. :) Which sure, might be fun...
>> but I'm just saying... it might be better to try and focus on the
>> positive aspects of Linux and Open source on the Linux User Group
>> list. What do you think?
>>
>> On 2/11/07, GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> By their actions!
>>>
>>>
>>> United States Patent Application: 0070033102
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220070033102%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20070033102&RS=DN/20070033102
>>
>>> A patent granted to Microsoft for a technology which forces computer
>>> users to watch ads, with "sanctions" if they don't ....
>>>
>>> " ...
>>> The policy may be directed to a single computer and thereby a single
>>> user or subscriber. Alternately, the policy may extend to a group of
>>> computers and correspondingly to a common owner, for example, a business
>>> or **school**. When the limit of incorrect responses is reached as an
>>> aggregate of group of computers, a sanction may be imposed or a higher
>>> level of monitoring may be initiated.
>>>
>>> [0035] The user's actions following the verified advertising delivery
>>> may be monitored. "
>>>
>>>
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