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Re: RE: Re: RE: Get the facts straight

A-Wing — Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:21 pm

Author: A-Wing

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:21 pm

davecs wrote:

He who pays the piper calls the tune...

He who plays the pipe gets in sticky situation...

RE: Re: RE: Get the facts straight

davecs — Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:01 pm

Author: davecs

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:01 pm

He who pays the piper calls the tune...

RE: Re: RE: Get the facts straight

drws — Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:16 pm

Author: drws

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:16 pm

A great article with a fantastic line showing how much truth we can place in the microsoft surveys.

The Register wrote:

...Microsoft pay analysts to produce reports...

I wonder if the "payment" is on a no-win no-fee basis. If the report finds that we are more expensive then we won't pay for the report.

Re: RE: Get the facts straight

Flea — Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:46 pm

Author: Flea

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:46 pm

comcamel wrote:

there you go a solution to what i said a while ago, but they better advertise it on websites. As this could promote linux back to top again.

Very true

RE: Get the facts straight

comcamel — Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:02 pm

Author: comcamel

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:02 pm

there you go a solution to what i said a while ago, but they better advertise it on websites. As this could promote linux back to top again.

RE: Get the facts straight

Flea — Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:38 am

Author: Flea

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:38 am

ha ha sweet!

Get the facts straight

A-Wing — Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:08 am

Author: A-Wing

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:08 am

In response to Microsoft's get the facts capaign IBM has started its own one sticking the finger up at MS:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/01/ibm_windowsvlinux/
About bloody time too.