[CS-FSLUG] Microsoft's Ballmer bombards Linux OS

Bradly McConnell bradly.mcconnell at gmail.com
Fri Oct 29 05:09:04 CDT 2004


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:12:15 -0600, N. Thompson <n.thomp at sasktel.net> wrote:

> It doesn't take a prophet to know what he said:
>  - MS ( > $200 to buy, almost no free software) costs 60% less to
> operate then Linux ($0 to buy, 99% free and Free software)
>  - Linux is evil, run by thieves who have no respect for IP
>  - Microsoft owns you, see the fine print in that EULA you agreed to a
> couple of years ago before converting to that evil Linux cult of yours
>  - Now that Microsoft owns you you should buy an overpriced copy of MS
> office, MS visual studio and spend the rest of your money subscribing to
> beta test software for us (thats right, *you* pay *us* for helping us
> track down bugs and improve our products)
>  - You should preorder the latest upcoming version of all the Microsoft
> products every month, the more copies of each you get the happier you
> will be.
>  - If you are not using Microsoft products, your life has no meaning.
> 
> Did I miss anything?
> 
> See, there really is no point in reading what Ballmer has to say, the
> guy's so full of hot air I'm surprised he hasn't floated out into space
> by now.
> 
> --
> http://www.geocities.com/ntws01/
> http://ntws01.blogspot.com/
> 

Hmm, weren't you using windows to write this?

User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Windows/20040913)

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