Re: [tlug] How to Push Linux! .......................

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 06/02/06, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> That Microsoft produces crappy software is probably the single most
> detrimental myth to the free software community.

Indeed. Microsoft makes big, complex software.

As a man who has worked on and with big, complex software, let me tell
you that it ain't easy.

Microsoft has deep pockets, and recruits talent aggressively. Do you
really think that everyone working for Microsoft is a monkey who
cannot code himself out of a paper bag? I can disprove that with two
links:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735619670/sr=1-1/qid=1139229291/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-4895911-4971004?%5Fencoding=UTF8
http://joelonsoftware.com/

Lyle, Steve was not just saying that other companies are playing
dirty, he is saying that playing dirty is the Way of the Business
world. Were you as passionate about computers 15 or 20 years ago?
Remember a big, nasty, monopolistic company called IBM?

I get a little worked up when I see FUD, whether it comes from
Microsoft's PR department, Richard Stallman's mouth, or well-meaning
TLUGgers' mail clients.

Remember what Mark said the other day, "If a common hatred of
Microsoft is holding us together now, what happens when the status quo
changes?" (paraphrased--you have the transcription! ;)

-Josh