Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Mar 2006 16:34 UTC, submitted by Linuxfanboy
"This time it's patents that will ensure the downfall of GNU/Linux and with it, the entire world of open source. But before hanging up your certified geek propeller-hat and retraining as a dental hygienist, you might want to consider the following brief history of Microsoft's use of fear, uncertainty, and doubt as a weapon against GNU/Linux." Hopelessly pro-everything-that-is-Linux, but an interesting overview of Microsoft's approach to Linux over the years nonetheless. Elsewhere, the Guardian looks at the challanges Microsoft is currently facing.
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2005-11-11
//I wouldn't say it's "pro-everything-that-is-Linux", however, that seems a bit over-the-top...The guy is clearly pro-Linux, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he's right.//
Thom Holwerda is clearly very confused about the meaning of the word 'bias'. In Thom's apparent view, being right has nothing to do with it, and a lack of bias can only be shown by presenting two opposing views on any topic, regardless if one view is clearly right and the other wrong.
Obviously Thom has got this concept totally, utterly and completely wrong, in the context of being a good editor. Thom is clearly the type of sucker that Phineas Barnum famously refered to in the quote that goes "there is one born every minute". This type of sucker is easily taken in by any cheap huckster with a plausible story ... in Thom's worldview to avoid bias one has to present the huckster's story as if it is gospel.
From Thom first we get "enough already" about any criticism by the EU of Microsoft's utter lack of interoperability, and now a person is "pro-everything-that-is-Linux" merely for accurately listing the attempts Microsoft has made so far to try to attack Linux.
Hey Thom, I thought you didn't like 'bias'? Have you ever heard the saying about people in glass houses, Thom?
Edited 2006-03-31 13:16