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2 posts • joined Wednesday 11th April 2007 23:59 GMT

Posted in MS products just too cool to comprehend, say MS geeks
Mark Kirkwood
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Brand Perception?

Well as an open source guy here is my "brand perception" of MS:

Microsoft is a criminal organization that has maintained a consistent pattern of unlawful activity throughout its entire corporate existence.

Leopard, spots etc comes to mind...

Posted in Debian 4.0 secures packages
Mark Kirkwood

87yo Dad is the point

Actually I think you miss the point - his 87yo dad would not have been able to install Vista (or XP) *either*... the only reason people say Windows is easy to install is that they usually never need to install it!

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