Re: [fc] Re: Proposal

["Steven Jones" <StevenJ@ghw.co.nz>]

>>> Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> 10/11/99 10:40 >>>
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Steven Jones wrote:

> How could we 'attack' cleanly? I dont think we should be reduced
> to a slagging match. Holding M$ weaknesses as a comprehensive list
> in one place ie this site would be good i believe.

Holding MS their weeknesses in one place without balancing it with
our own weeknesses is exactly what MS is doing. I will not allow
something like that in my server...

Dont react badly please, I do not mean being agressive and OTT. M$ is not just holding our genuine weaknesses but any other cr*p they can add in and overstating our weaknesses beyond all reasonable proportion, making it look like linux has vast quanities of problems and issues. 

Often a casual reader sees many articles of MS attacking us, then if interested they dig a little deeper, if that digging gets to hard they give up, if however we make it easier for them with links and documents then they may well read more and in their minds hold a more fairly balanced view  of what MS says about our OS against what we say about MS's OS.

Why is high lighting MS weaknesses such a bad thing? where can we see a collection of MS weaknesses, to balance their page(s) against us? I am not saying we should use FUD, just cold hard facts highlighting MS's OS weaknesses.Many security and stability issues disapear with time, I would just like to see them kept alive.


Steven

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