Redmond's Con Game

The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:

1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.

2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.

3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.

4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.

As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.

The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
jumping on board the gold train.

My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on
to the 9 to 30 minute full install.

If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
media.

No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
doesn't hose the entire drive!

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Alias
To email me, remove shoes

So the real reason you were gone was probably Vacation. How much time does
Ubuntu give the Marketing Department off?

Oh yea, Ubuntu is free so I guess you can take as much time off as you wish.


"Alias" <.> wrote in message
news:...
> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>
> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>
> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>
> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>
> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>
> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>
> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
> jumping on board the gold train.
>
> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>
> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
> media.
>
> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>
> --
> Alias
> To email me, remove shoes

Bill

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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message news:%...
> So the real reason you were gone was probably Vacation. How much time does
> Ubuntu give the Marketing Department off?
>
> Oh yea, Ubuntu is free so I guess you can take as much time off as you wish.
>
>
> "Alias" <.> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>>
>> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
>> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
>> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>>
>> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
>> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>>
>> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
>> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>>
>> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
>> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>>
>> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
>> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
>> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
>> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
>> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>>
>> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
>> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
>> jumping on board the gold train.
>>
>> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
>> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>>
>> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
>> media.
>>
>> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
>> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>> To email me, remove shoes
>
>

I just checked the IP address and it comes from the same town in Spain that
Alias lives in. It must be him or a neighbor!


"Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
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Bill

It is not Alias. Could be Frank or someone else posting this as Alias to
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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> So the real reason you were gone was probably Vacation. How much time
> does
> Ubuntu give the Marketing Department off?
>
> Oh yea, Ubuntu is free so I guess you can take as much time off as you
> wish.
>
>
> "Alias" <.> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>>
>> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
>> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
>> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>>
>> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
>> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>>
>> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
>> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>>
>> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
>> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>>
>> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
>> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
>> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
>> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
>> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>>
>> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
>> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
>> jumping on board the gold train.
>>
>> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
>> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>>
>> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
>> media.
>>
>> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
>> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>> To email me, remove shoes
>
>

Bill Yanaire wrote:

>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> Bill
>
> It is not Alias. Could be Frank or someone else posting this as Alias to
> start a Flame. Check against the posting Properties

> I just checked the IP address and it comes from the same town in
Spain that
> Alias lives in. It must be him or a neighbor!

You know what city the ISP is in, an ISP that serves all of Spain. That
said, it's me; I'm back! Ain't life grand?
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To email me, remove shoes

Bill Yanaire wrote:

>
>
> "Alias" <.> wrote in message
> news:...
>> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>>
>> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
>> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
>> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>>
>> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
>> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>>
>> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
>> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>>
>> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
>> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>>
>> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
>> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
>> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
>> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
>> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>>
>> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
>> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
>> jumping on board the gold train.
>>
>> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
>> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>>
>> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
>> media.
>>
>> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
>> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>> To email me, remove shoes
>
>
> So the real reason you were gone was probably Vacation. How much
time does
> Ubuntu give the Marketing Department off?

Actually I was busy with something that has nothing to do with computers
other than using them to do it. I am a mere Ubuntu user who likes
Ubuntu, nothing more.

>
> Oh yea, Ubuntu is free so I guess you can take as much time off as
you wish.

I own my own businesses and they have nothing to do with computers and,
yes, I can take time off when I feel like it because I am the boss.

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Bill

It is faked. Just read what the poster is saying. Same post posted to different groups. Check one of Aliases old post and the properties there and check against the present properties.

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"Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message news:e$$...
>I just checked the IP address and it comes from the same town in Spain that
> Alias lives in. It must be him or a neighbor!
>
>
> "Peter Foldes" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> Bill
>
> It is not Alias. Could be Frank or someone else posting this as Alias to
> start a Flame. Check against the posting Properties
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Bill Yanaire" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> So the real reason you were gone was probably Vacation. How much time
>> does
>> Ubuntu give the Marketing Department off?
>>
>> Oh yea, Ubuntu is free so I guess you can take as much time off as you
>> wish.
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <.> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>>>
>>> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
>>> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
>>> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>>>
>>> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
>>> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>>>
>>> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
>>> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>>>
>>> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
>>> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>>>
>>> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
>>> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
>>> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
>>> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
>>> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>>>
>>> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
>>> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
>>> jumping on board the gold train.
>>>
>>> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
>>> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>>>
>>> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
>>> media.
>>>
>>> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
>>> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>> To email me, remove shoes
>>
>>
>
>

Peter Foldes wrote:
> Bill
>
> It is faked. Just read what the poster is saying. Same post posted to different groups. Check one of Aliases old post and the properties there and check against the present properties.
>

To be honest, I copied that post from someone else and decided to share.
I am the original, *genuine* and fully *activated* Alias.

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Here you are - yet again - preaching about an operating system (Ubuntu)
who's people can't even configure their main servers to be exploit free.

Ubuntu, as well as all operating systems, are vulnerable to exploits.

Ubuntu is a niche product, and will be so, for many more years.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Alias" <.> wrote in message
news:...
> The formula that helped Microsoft attain vast power and wealth was:
>
> 1. Make the non-standard Office Suite the soup du jour on every table.
> This worked, except for the huge legal field, who continue with Word
> Perfect, and the 25% who have discovered Open Office/Star Office.
>
> 2. Let 'piracy' run rampant, until everyone is 'hooked' on their drug.
> Then, the continued habit will be very expensive.
>
> 3. Suppress all instances of mention of alternative OSes, better, or
> less expensive products, by a campaign of media lies and distortions.
>
> 4. Buy the press, bribe the media. Insert $1 billion in advertising
> and 'white papers'. Offer free stuff to independent bloggers.
>
> As soon as some people in the media objected, and stated that
> the Emperor has no clothes, the gig was up. PCWorld Editor has resigned
> rather than succumb to bribery, Huge corporations, hundreds of
> governments and tens of millions of individuals, have switched their
> platforms and products to avoid mediocrity.
>
> The OEM lock-in has crumbled. System76, Microtel, WalMart, Lenovo, Dell,
> have been shipping GNU/Linux and making their fortunes. Others are
> jumping on board the gold train.
>
> My recommendation is http://www.ubuntu.com and try the liveCD, then on to
> the 9 to 30 minute full install.
>
> If you had files in a previous OS on hard drive, do back them up to safe
> media.
>
> No more 'Tense Tuesdays' hoping the latest garbage from Microsoft
> doesn't hose the entire drive!
>
> --
> Alias
> To email me, remove shoes

Richard Urban wrote:
> Here you are - yet again - preaching about an operating system (Ubuntu)
> who's people can't even configure their main servers to be exploit free.

False.

>
> Ubuntu, as well as all operating systems, are vulnerable to exploits.

Not nearly as vulnerable as Windows.

>
> Ubuntu is a niche product, and will be so, for many more years.
>

It took awhile before everyone agreed that the earth isn't flat too. So?
Fortunately, Vista is providing the means to make it more popular as are
the OEMs who are selling computers with Ubuntu preinstalled.

So, when will you admit that the world isn't flat, Dick?

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