Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

["Roger Markus" <rogermarku@example.com>]

On 7/6/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
> If you're talking about the fact that OSS doesn't buy TV ads to run at
> the World Cup or the Superbowl, well, that's part of why proprietary
> software is theoretically maybe a good thing -- to pay for telling
> people about the product.  (I'm not saying all advertising is
> informative; it's obviously not.  But to say that "people buy Windows
> because they don't know about Linux" indicates that Linux needs to get
> its shit together, scare up some revenue, and buy some persuasive ads
> with it, not that people are making bad decisions.)

Good debating points, but you're ignoring the fact that there's
something immoral about supporting an illegal and rotten-to-the-core
corporation like Microsoft.  If people don't have the backbone or
intelligence to realize that by going along with evil for short-term
gain, they are damaging themselves and the whole system, and there
isn't much you can do to make them think.

A lot of rotten and evil things have gotten stronger in the past ten
years or so.  Fanatical religion (of many varieties, most notably "C"
& "I"), Microsoft, etc.  You seem to be saying that Linux needs to
become dirty and disgusting like Microsoft and beat them in a dirty
game.  The one thing Microsoft does very well is play dirty (illegal
is probably a more accurate term).

"... buy some persuasive ads..." you say!  Advertising doesn't work
unless you have truly obscene amounts of money to throw at it!
Articles!  Instead of supporting Microsoft and blasting the members of
this group, why not see what you can get into the Media on behalf of
Linux.  Or do you even use Linux?  You're a Mac user, right?  I hope
you use Linux, but I remember what a bunch of slander you threw in
here about OpenOffice, and you don't even use it!!  Users of
OpenOffice came up with real data that proved your accusations to be
nonsense.  Whose side are you on anyway?

RM