[nlug] Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Faulkner
Very interesting read http://www.osnews.com/story/21887/Linus_Microsoft_Hatred_Is_a_Disease_ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups NLUG group. To post to this group, send email to

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Chris McQuistion
Very nice read. I have to agree with Linus entirely that Microsoft Hatred really is a disease. To be honest, blind Microsoft hatred and unproductive/unnecessary Microsoft-bashing are the two things that really put me off of the Linux community at times. Is Linux a better option for many, many

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Jack
I have to admit that my dislike of Micro$oft started in 1976 with Bill Gates 'open letter to computer hobbyists'. Prior to that I had been a M$ supporter. I had a computer that could run M$ 4KBasic at the time. I did not have it, I did not purchase it, either before or for sure not after the

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Greg Donald
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Chris McQuistioncmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: To be honest, blind Microsoft hatred But what about Microsoft hatred based on more than a decade of being screwed over by them? Can I hate them because I've been forced to use and support their products when I

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Ken Barber
I have to agree with Linus entirely that Microsoft Hatred really is a disease. To be honest, blind Microsoft hatred and unproductive/ unnecessary Microsoft-bashing are the two things that really put me off of the Linux community at times. blind MS hatred?? I've seen very little of

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Ken Barber
Dude, if this place ran on slashcode I'd mod you +1 insightful. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Greg Donald gdon...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Chris McQuistioncmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote: To be honest, blind Microsoft hatred But what about

[nlug] Re: Linus: Microsoft Hated is a Disease

2009-07-24 Thread Howard White
Chris Faulkner wrote: Very interesting read http://www.osnews.com/story/21887/Linus_Microsoft_Hatred_Is_a_Disease_ The tech columnist, Walter Mossberg, at Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article this week indicating that upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 was NOT clean