On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 17:45:56 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thursday 23 October 2003 04:33 pm, Paul M. Bucalo wrote: > > > Balmer may be conveniently throwing in *all* of Red Hat's critical > > vulnerabilities in its *distribution release*, which amounts to > > many, many applications, not just the O/S. If he compares O/S to > > O/S, instead of O/S to total distribution, Red Hat (or any other > > Linux distro) doesn't look as bad as he suggests. Windows is > > Windows. I've never seen anything freely given in the O/S that ever > > could have been called an app. Applet, but not app. As usual, mind > > games are being played that affect the multitude that don't look > > with clear eyes. > > Actually, no one should be surprised by the remarks and I would be > highly surprised to find anyone that takes anything said at these > types of press conferences seriously. <snip> Trouble is Bryan, mainstream press quote these statements verbatim and do not quote anything to the contrary alongside it. They are not interested in doing any 'investigitive journalism' nowadays when they can cut and paste from press releases. Joe public get Microsofts version exactly as it gets peddled and dont even think to question it. -- Michael
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