[lug] RESPECT MICROSOFT

[William Petty]

I have a hard time respecting a company that forces me to re-purchase
their OS ($100+) just because my power supply blew and fried the MB.
Pre-installed OEM licenses are non-transferable! PERIOD.

So.. I just finished loading Ubuntu which I am using for this reply :)
 

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 15:47 -0700, Phillip Tribble wrote:
> /from Slashdot:
> 
> "Jim Zemlin (executive director for the Linux Foundation) gave a talk at 
> LinuxWorld saying that the open source community should stop poking fun 
> at Microsoft 
> <http://www.vnu.co.uk/vnunet/news/2196258/linux-foundation-calls-respect>. 
> >From the VNU article: 'Open source vendors have to recognize that 
> Windows is here to stay and that together with Microsoft it will form a 
> duopoly in the market for operating systems. This also requires that the 
> Linux community respects Microsoft rather than ridicule it. "There are 
> some things that Windows does pretty well," Zemlin said. Microsoft for 
> instance has excelled in marketing the operating system, and has a good 
> track record in fending off competition.'/--
> 
> I think it is time for Linux crush micsrosoft! Any takers?
> 
> Phillip Tribble
> That Guy INC.
> http://phillip.tribble.googlepages.com/index.html
> 
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