Here in the United States, we are in the midst of regularly scheduled insanity where, as part of the process to elect our top government official, the party that opposes the current administration does its best to discredit all of its eligible candidates and then wonders why a sitting president is almost always reelected for another term. Whatever it is called, it is an attempt to get people to believe the way you want them to believe, and while it might be the American Way, it has little to do with honor or justice.
Well, Rob, then there are strategical aspects in chosing software. Interesting this is. By the way: If you want to make a change, dont't talk about it. Do it. I, personally, made the experience that talking about Linux (or better Open Source") on the desktop just frightens users. But afterwards, they tend to be pretty open-minded. Especially, if you can offer some value out of the migration that allows users to work better, faster, whatever. Now.
Well... it's been a week and Rob has yet to reply - as predicted. Remember when he used to step in with the occasional 'rebuttal' back in the 'Hit Men of Linux' days?
No surprise. Odd that only we are responding to him, perhaps his 15 minutes are finally up? I hope not, I'll honestly miss his hijinks. . I have a better memory for you by the way, remember when he claimed that Linux wasn't ready for the enterprise while at the very same time Oracle was switching to it as their preferred deployment platform? . Oh, and how could you forget his pricessless advice that a homogenous environment of operating systems would *decrease* the proliferation of viruses, just as a colony of clones would be best protected from disease? . You may as well take business advice from a communist.
That's amusing, my commented was edited. . In my last reply, I pointed out that Enderle couldn't possibly pass an interview process for a junior level engineer yet he's given a pulpit to spread really bad advice. It's like taking business advice from a communist. . I wonder if they'll edit this?
on learning how to spell Dan Lyons' name correctly after having it spelled out for him. Why, it almost makes it seem as though Mr. Enderle may have read the article that he cited. Most amazing indeed. . Soon perhaps Mr. Enderle can actually become acquainted with the technology industry of which he seems to think he's an expert upon? . Tell me Mr. Enderle, are you still offering "a range of between 55 and 65 percent" of SCO winning against IBM in court? I must say, that was quite amusing to see that. . http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31479.html . I personally don't think you could predict the victor in a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Michael Jackson yet people actually print your inane concotions. I suppose every industry needs a buffoon for comedic relief though so don't think of this as a complaint. I'm awed to see the Peter Principle not only at work, but at work in overtime in your case.
In this article I saw this statement from Enderle:.> Last month, Dan Lions at Forbes wrote an article> called "Revenge of the Nerds" in which he looked> into some of the propaganda being generated by> Linux proponents. Lions sourced at least some of> the funding back to Linux vendors, including IBM.And if you read the above, it appears that Enderle is claiming that Dan Lyons traced some organized astro turf campaign back to IBM. An astro turf campaign is a fake grassroots campaign..If you read very carefully though, that isn't what Enderle says. Enderle says that Dan Lyons looked into the source of "propoganda" and then in an entirely different note, pointed out some sort of funding for something related to Linux was traced back to IBM..Because Lyons didn't uncover any astro-turf campaign at all. Just check the article for yourself:.http://www.forbes.com/2003/12/16/cx_dl_1216linux.html.Speaking of paid propoganda Mr. Enderle, does Microsoft owe you any money for outstanding service and/or are you working for them now? My bet, is that there will be no answer to this question, or perhaps, another misleading statement like his initial statement.
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Beyond Propaganda: Deploying Linux on the Desktop
Posted by: Rob Enderle January 20, 2004 09:03 AMHere in the United States, we are in the midst of regularly scheduled insanity where, as part of the process to elect our top government official, the party that opposes the current administration does its best to discredit all of its eligible candidates and then wonders why a sitting president is almost always reelected for another term. Whatever it is called, it is an attempt to get people to believe the way you want them to believe, and while it might be the American Way, it has little to do with honor or justice.
By the way: If you want to make a change, dont't talk about it. Do it. I, personally, made the experience that talking about Linux (or better Open Source") on the desktop just frightens users. But afterwards, they tend to be pretty open-minded. Especially, if you can offer some value out of the migration that allows users to work better, faster, whatever.
Now.
Remember when he used to step in with the occasional 'rebuttal' back in the 'Hit Men of Linux' days?
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I have a better memory for you by the way, remember when he claimed that Linux wasn't ready for the enterprise while at the very same time Oracle was switching to it as their preferred deployment platform?
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Oh, and how could you forget his pricessless advice that a homogenous environment of operating systems would *decrease* the proliferation of viruses, just as a colony of clones would be best protected from disease?
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You may as well take business advice from a communist.
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In my last reply, I pointed out that Enderle couldn't possibly pass an interview process for a junior level engineer yet he's given a pulpit to spread really bad advice. It's like taking business advice from a communist.
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I wonder if they'll edit this?
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Soon perhaps Mr. Enderle can actually become acquainted with the technology industry of which he seems to think he's an expert upon?
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Tell me Mr. Enderle, are you still offering "a range of between 55 and 65 percent" of SCO winning against IBM in court? I must say, that was quite amusing to see that.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31479.html
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I personally don't think you could predict the victor in a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Michael Jackson yet people actually print your inane concotions. I suppose every industry needs a buffoon for comedic relief though so don't think of this as a complaint. I'm awed to see the Peter Principle not only at work, but at work in overtime in your case.