I could do the review bit, as I have had a little experiance in that
area.

Also I think the comment about Mac's needs to be addressed too.  After
all magnum Mac don't stay in business just by selling new machines.
Over the years I have had to fix several macs both hardware and soft
ware.

Cheers Chris T

On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 23:08 +1300, Graeme Kiyoto-Ward wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I agree that ignoring it is not the right thing to do.
> 
> Also, best to pitch it in that the article was one sided and that we are 
> providing the otherside of the story. The media has an obligation to be 
> fair in the treatment of its topics - knows it and is a little sensitive 
> in that area (not sensitive to complaints though). Also a constructive 
> approach also works best - adding value to their readership.
> 
> Also, it is simple to get around his point of linux users always having 
> a 'pat' answer - don't mention Linux... I have a windows partition and 
> apart from a few games and the OS itself, is pretty much 100% open source.
> 
> Happy to draft something. Might need some review - any takers for review?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Graeme Kiyoto-Ward
> 
> 
> 
> stringer wrote:
> > And proving his point about Linux people always having a 'pat' answer 
> > to everything?
> >
> > Maybe better NOT to knock him, but to offer them a pre-written article 
> > on the advantages of Open Source software (including pictures etc) 
> > which does not knock the opposition (MS) but simply states the obvious 
> > - theres a free solution for most things, which are sometimes 
> > inferior, often as good, and sometimes better than the paid 
> > 'alternative'. :-)
> >
> >
> > At 15:18 11/12/07 +1300, you wrote:
> >> Not so sure that ignoring it completely is tha best answer,
> >>
> >> what about someone with "kudos" contacting the press with a rebutle?
> >> Chris T
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 13:06 +1300, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> >> > On Dec 11, 2007 12:39 PM, Michael Fincham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> >> wrote:
> >> > > http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4319987a11275.html
> >> > >
> >> > > What do we make of this one? ;)
> >> >
> >> > There is a talk-back or have your say button.
> >> >
> >> > I thought it was a load of semi-literate, racist, uninformed,
> >> > flushable, rubbish.
> >> > It's probably best to ignore it completely.
> >> >
> >
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