"The FSF today launched a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care", said FSF program administrator John Sullivan."
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Member since:2005-07-02
And here is broken-record NotParker again, with his slew of statistics he copy/pastes in just about every thread he's in.
No matter that the statistics mean very different things that he says they do.
For instance, they are about revenue share, not market share, because the market share numbers are bigger (about 28%) and therefore would not play well to his agenda of making Linux look irrelevant.
He is also mum on the fact that one reason MS has a much higher revenue share compared to its market share is that its offerings are overpriced. Being a MS astroturfer (a charge he's never denied), he couldn't possibly say that, or anything else that would paint MS in a bad light (even tomcat has agreed that Microsoft has been incompetent in the past).
Also, he often refers to the growth "tending towards zero" when anyone looking at the stats can easily tell that the growth is moderating at around 5%, which is more than for Windows servers.
Of course, this is all off-topic, but that has never bothered him. Just like regularly insulting people who dare to disagree with him.
So, to all the pro-MS posters who talk about the FSF's fanaticism, let me tell you: whatever their positions, these guys have nothing on the fanaticism displayed by MS astroturfers and/or fanboys on this site.
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2006-06-01
Yes I'ld really miss NotParker
( . Particularly his repeated linking to (overused) stats from 2004
2004 and 2005 for perspective.
2006 (Q1, Q2 and Q3) to show how far down.
In Q1 of 2006 Linux had 12.2% of server revenue.
In Q2 of 2006 Linux had 12.0% of server revenue.
In Q3 of 2006 Linux had 11.8% of server revenue.
References:
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS20180706
"Although Linux servers now represent 12.2% of all server revenue, revenue growth for the quarter was approximately half the growth rate observed in 1Q05"
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=11637
"Linux servers now represent 12.0% of all server revenue, up slightly from Q2 2005."
http://www.itjungle.com/breaking/bn112206-story01.html
"Linux machines accounted for 11.8 percent of overall server sales, and its growth has moderated considerably."