Increased Trolling in COLA
High Plains Thumper
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HPT
Snit
9:36 PM:
> What's the significant event to account for this?
You have had more free time?
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Roy Schestowitz
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____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 27 Aug 2011 05:36 : \____
> What's the significant event to account for this?
Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to tablets and other
fast-growing markets.
Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers, etc.
Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
to discredit the competition.
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> ____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 27 Aug 2011 05:36 : \____
>
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to tablets
> and other
> fast-growing markets.
>
> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers, etc.
>
> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
> to discredit the competition.
Your paranoia amuses me.
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High Plains Thumper
> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>
> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers,
> etc.
>
> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills to
> discredit the competition.
Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and behaves
just like them. Also, the nymshifting, lies and ad hominem attacks have
increased significantly.
Usually this type behaviour preceded a new Microsoft release in the past
(Windows 7, Office 2007, Windows XP, etc.)
This time I see see no definite new software on the horizon, why I asked
thinking I may have missed some bit of news.
These Wintroll and one Mactroll acts fit:
[quote]
7.1 Disinformation
If COLA were a physical location like a building where those who would
advocate the growth of the Linux operating systems and the Linux
community gather, the anti-Linux propagandists would be raiding that
building. They would be vandalizing the building, painting graffiti on
the walls, defecating and urinating on the floors and furniture,
breaking down the doors, setting fire to the building and physically
assaulting the resident Linux advocates and the visitors who happen to
be in the building at the time of the raid.
COLA is not a physical location, so they have had to adapt their
methods so that they can do an on-line version of what was described
in the prior paragraph. A key method used by anti-Linux propagandist
to attack Linux, its users, sysadmins, developers, advocates and those
who have come to COLA to lean about Linux. is a form of propaganda
known as disinformation. One of their favorite version of
disinformation is known as FUD.
[/quote]
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
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HPT
High Plains Thumper
> Roy Schestowitz stated:
>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>
>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>
>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>> tablets and other
>> fast-growing markets.
>>
>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers,
>> etc.
>>
>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
>> to discredit the competition.
>
> Your paranoia amuses me.
76- Marious Barrier (COLA): "I must recognize that it is the first time I
see that kind of troll, once that start asking moderately serious
questions and since the first answer, gradually starts to degenerate it
by, in many failed attempts of being sarcastic, inserting various indirect
insults and calling all people ignorant and unable to answer what he asks
for." 14 Oct 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c6607ea64f436821
Recently re-alphabetised, the rest of the 155 individual poster quotes on
the Snit Circus of Pathological Lies may be found at:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/85eb8039aa570cce
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HPT
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 27 Aug 2011 10:11 : \____
Mentally inapt trolls are definitely the ones you don't want to reply
to or feed. They love it because in real life nobody pays attention to them.
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~~ Best of wishes
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http://Schestowitz.com | GNU/Linux administration | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Editor @ http://techrights.org & Broadcaster @ http://bytesmedia.co.uk/
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Chris Ahlstrom
> What's the significant event to account for this?
Increased? The trolling's been high for years, apart from brief lulls while
the trolls take care of real-world functions. They're a real concatentation
of screwballs.
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"That all depends, Sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your
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bbgruff
> What's the significant event to account for this?
I don't think there *is* increased trolling here. There's always been
plenty!
What we *have* seen is the demise of a number of well-known nyms. for
example,
flatfish
DFS
amicus_curious
ezekiel
that linux-sux clown
... and the introduction of a whole batch of new and constantly changing
ones.
The "significant event" is actually a trend - a trend away from Microsoft,
and away from the "traditional desktop" as far as web access is concerned.
Perhaps you will recall that in January, I was saying that I expected that
the "traditional sources of statistics" (we access stats) would be showing
Microsoft to be:
Under 90% by April
Under 85% by the end of this year
Possibly around 75% by end 2012
That's well on track, and largely because the whole consumer market is
changing. I still reckon that over 80% of consumers (which is what these
stats are about) don't actually need a "traditional desktop" for what they
do,
Just note the change. Since Android "took off", we've seen very little
mention (from the Detractors) of Microsoft, and an increasing tendency for
them to refer to Apple. Also, note that they have finally followed my
suggestion that if they mean "desktop" they should say "desktop" when
quoting statistics - even though none of them can tell me what they mean by
"desktop". The best I've had so far is from raylopez99, who says that it's
something that runs MS Office natively, and thereby does Serious Work!
Sinister Midget
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>
>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>
>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>
>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers,
>> etc.
>>
>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills to
>> discredit the competition.
>
> Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
> comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and behaves
> just like them. Also, the nymshifting, lies and ad hominem attacks have
> increased significantly.
>
> Usually this type behaviour preceded a new Microsoft release in the past
> (Windows 7, Office 2007, Windows XP, etc.)
They used to do it when something significant happened with linux in
the past, too. But I think they slowed down there because every day was
starting to bring significant linux news.
Maybe they're just celebrating the birth of linux with us and they'll
calm down real soon.
A lot of the nymshifting started right after a couple of nymshifters
claimed flatso was room temperature. Flatfish can't post as flatfish to
tell that lie. Although, if s/h/it kept using the same nym long enough
s/h/it would out s/h/itself eventually.
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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that
they believe in something, use that something to support their own
existence.
-- Frank Zappa
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ Sinister Midget on Saturday 27 Aug 2011 13:20 : \____
Many Linux victories are celebrated this week and Jobs the bully has stepped
down. It's a hard week for the anti-Linux zealots.
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~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
http://Schestowitz.com | GNU/Linux administration | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Editor @ http://techrights.org & Broadcaster @ http://bytesmedia.co.uk/
GPL-licensed 3-D Othello @ http://othellomaster.com
Non-profit search engine proposal @ http://iuron.com
Contact E-mail address (direct): s at schestowitz dot com
Contact Internet phone (SIP): sches...@ekiga.net (24/7)
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High Plains Thumper
> Mentally inapt trolls are definitely the ones you don't want to reply to
> or feed. They love it because in real life nobody pays attention to
> them.
It does make one wonder what they look like on the other side of the
keyboard.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/acne.htm
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HPT
High Plains Thumper
> Sinister Midget on Saturday:
>
>> They used to do it when something significant happened with linux in
>> the past, too. But I think they slowed down there because every day was
>> starting to bring significant linux news.
>>
>> Maybe they're just celebrating the birth of linux with us and they'll
>> calm down real soon.
>>
>> A lot of the nymshifting started right after a couple of nymshifters
>> claimed flatso was room temperature. Flatfish can't post as flatfish to
>> tell that lie. Although, if s/h/it kept using the same nym long enough
>> s/h/it would out s/h/itself eventually.
>
> Many Linux victories are celebrated this week and Jobs the bully has
> stepped down. It's a hard week for the anti-Linux zealots.
I'm just waiting for the usual announcement that flatty is back to call
off its death hoax, which of most here wished it were true.
Regarding Linux, I guess then the Wintrolls are a dying breed and just
like a cockroach, shake a lot before they expire.
But yes, Linux is succeeding in leaps and bounds.
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HPT
Hadron
Except its not. Google have made a mess of Android and its currently a
malware infested pos. The fact its "free" and many handset mfrs can use
it is of course a boon to its adoption figures nonetheless. Desktop
Linux has gone pretty much nowhere unfortunately : and this despite the
failure in part of Vista. And part to blame is the likes of Schestowitz
telling lies and making Linux users look like a bunch of kooks.
Kari Laine
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Your Snit is so ...
I don't agree with Roy on everything but in this case he is totally
right. It has been documented in the court cases MS fought in USA. I
personally know MS provided with the writers of the computer magazine.
No I don't have a check to prove it but I was told personally.
Maybe someone has the links ready for those MS "top secret" documents....
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Snit
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> On 08/27/2011 09:42 AM, Snit wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 2360591.p...@schestowitz.com on 8/26/11
>> 11:34 PM:
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>>> ____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 27 Aug 2011 05:36 : \____
>>>
>>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>>
>>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>>> tablets
>>> and other
>>> fast-growing markets.
>>>
>>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers, etc.
>>>
>>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
>>> to discredit the competition.
>>
>> Your paranoia amuses me.
>>
> Your Snit is so ...
>
> I don't agree with Roy on everything but in this case he is totally
> right.
No: Roy is being loony. He is implying that MS is paying people to post to
COLA. That is just insane.
> It has been documented in the court cases MS fought in USA. I
> personally know MS provided with the writers of the computer magazine.
> No I don't have a check to prove it but I was told personally.
>
> Maybe someone has the links ready for those MS "top secret" documents....
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Snit
2:17 AM:
The fact is I called you on your BS:
* You repeatedly accuse me of having forged the video on copying and pasting
(and others videos and images)
* You repeatedly accuse me of posting as Joel Crumpp (and other names).
* You repeatedly quote the obsessively scavenged and forged quotes of
the lowest scum of CSMA and dishonestly pretend they represent something
about me.
You have been doing this for years; completely unable to stop yourself from
sucking up to utter scum. You are a lapdog coward... and you cry about
"verbal abuse" when you are told how pathetic you are.
I have repeatedly asked you to cease your abuse and you refuse. I will
repeat the request now - please stop harassing me.
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High Plains Thumper
> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> I don't think there *is* increased trolling here. There's always been
> plenty!
>
> What we *have* seen is the demise of a number of well-known nyms. for
> example,
> flatfish
> DFS
> amicus_curious
> ezekiel
> that linux-sux clown
> ... and the introduction of a whole batch of new and constantly changing
> ones.
That new and changing one is IMHO only one.
> The "significant event" is actually a trend - a trend away from
> Microsoft, and away from the "traditional desktop" as far as web access
> is concerned.
Interesting.
> Perhaps you will recall that in January, I was saying that I expected
> that the "traditional sources of statistics" (we access stats) would be
> showing Microsoft to be:
> Under 90% by April
> Under 85% by the end of this year
> Possibly around 75% by end 2012
>
> That's well on track, and largely because the whole consumer market is
> changing. I still reckon that over 80% of consumers (which is what
> these stats are about) don't actually need a "traditional desktop" for
> what they do,
With cloud based computing, whether corporate / company level or on-line
obviates the need for a traditional desktop. An appliance such as a blade
with keyboard and screen and browser is all that is needed.
> Just note the change. Since Android "took off", we've seen very little
> mention (from the Detractors) of Microsoft, and an increasing tendency
> for them to refer to Apple. Also, note that they have finally followed
> my suggestion that if they mean "desktop" they should say "desktop" when
> quoting statistics - even though none of them can tell me what they mean
> by "desktop".
I think your next point is on spot. They don't consider Fedora, Ubuntu,
SuSE, Debian, Mint, BSD-Free, etc. as desktops.
> The best I've had so far is from raylopez99, who says that it's
> something that runs MS Office natively, and thereby does Serious Work!
Serious work like Microsoft Flight Simulator, 3D gaming and Facebook? :-)
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Snit
7:58 AM:
Even when Roy *could* speak well of Linux by being honest he feels the need
to lie. I document one example of this here:
<http://trw.gallopinginsanity.com/2011/08/27/gnulinux-desktop-market-share>
He could have been *honest* and done some good advocacy. Why didn't he?
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Snit
2:11 AM:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>
>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>
>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>
>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers,
>> etc.
>>
>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills to
>> discredit the competition.
>
> Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
> comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and behaves
> just like them.
I love when the COLA "advocates" show they fear to even mention my name... I
mean, really, am I that scary?
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High Plains Thumper
> High Plains Thumper stated:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>>
>>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>>
>>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>>
>>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs,
>>> routers, etc.
>>>
>>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
>>> to discredit the competition.
>>
>> Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and
>> behaves just like them.
>
> I love when the COLA "advocates" show they fear to even mention my
> name... I mean, really, am I that scary?
No, we wholeheartedly concur with these 155 poster quotes on the Snit
Circus of Pathological Lies. Now in its sixth printing, alphabetised and
with substantial links, here are what these 155 posters have to say about
Snit:
1- Adam Kesher: "Steve, IIRC Sandman's website has a member area and a
login. If you forget your password, you can ask it to e-mail it to you,
and a bot will send an e-mail. *That* is the e-mail Snit got from
Sandman's website, and yes he's that fucked in the head and starved for
attention that he'd claim it to be an e-mail from Sandman himself. So,
don't get sucked into his little circus. The e-mail, in this particular
instance, did probably originate from Sandman.net." 27 Feb 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/dac74355552b4cc7
2- Alan Baker: "People's perceptions of you are *formed* by behaviour
and not withstanding your occasional on topic posts, I wish you'd leave
too. Please note that despite the amazing silliness that is Edwin, I
have never made the same wish of him." 27 Feb 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/4a7c3ebf3fc10221
3- amicus_curious (COLA): "Where on earth do you get the idea that I am
arguing with you, little man? Is your name "Hadron"? Shoo! Go back to
your mail order business!" 29 May 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/00ee203fe6183b1b
4- Andrew J. Brehm: "You are not flamed because you speak the truth, you
are flamed because you are a hideous troll and keep disrupting the
newsgroup." 27 Feb 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/52eab53a559e00ce
5- AZ Nomad: "The fact that you routinely change your headers to weasel
out of killfiles proves that you're an asshole." 25 Jun 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/51b43d6c9613c9da
6- Andy/news/nospam: "Why do you keep these things up, Snit? Why not
just let them go away and show how responsible a member of CSMA you are?
You could show your enemies up by being better than them, rise above the
low level you so obviously dislike. Anything, just stop...." 26 Apr 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/d6ffb6b06aa237e5
7- B.B.: "Does the From: header contain the string "Snit"? If yes, then
troll. Otherwise, maybe. Dunno why I had my KF on you set to expire, but
it's fixed now." 13 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/8a98d179b2ff9578
8- BaJoRi: "You know it, and I know it, and everyone else who has read
your idiocy knows it. I took your statement, showed it to be wrong, then
added even more, just to be a dick and REALLY show you to be a fool. You
need to judiciously snip out pertinent points because you are an
intellectually dwarfed turd-burglar." 11 Nov 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.vacation.las-vegas/msg/647944511b74b82f
9- bobinnv: "I learned some time ago how much better this group can be
if you kill file Snit. I have never understood why more people don't do
the same.." 5 Aug 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/0706dbef8ce1f903
10- Bob B.: "This has always been pretty much a free-for-all group, but
since Snit showed up, its become almost impossible to have a decent
discussion about anything. The solution is to NOT REPLY TO SNIT. But for
some reason, some people just can't stop feeding him." 27 Dec 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3d2f1dff196ca190
11- รยฐbรยฐ unny: Subject "snit makes me sad", Text "really actually =:-("
9 Oct 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/4e31cb49c1e2d432
12- Brian: "LOL, Has anyone ever been more universally hated on the
USENET than Snit? Too bad he craves the hatred and negative attention.
We will read about him in the news some day soon going on a shooting
rampage. Somebody should get the pychopath some help before he VT's a
bunch of people. 29 May 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/66a89e4f5c89f489
13- buzz off: "Snit is obviously mentally ill, but you and Steve don't
help. You encourage him to post, which he doesn't need to do. We would
all be better off if you just ignore him. 17 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/2ed879f256677548
14- Carlo Coggi: "He must believe he is surrounded by 'trolls' ... in
the groups he trolls in, that is. I wondered if the idiotrollers like
snit would reply to this thread. Of course, I didn't see his posts, only
your reply". 07 Aug 2006 (available only in reply)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5ea48f7a84115fd1
15- C Lund: "Snit is not my responsibility. Maybe it's time for you to
learn how to use your kill-filter. I am assuming, of course, that your
Usenet browser has a kill-filter." 5 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/2c390a34b05b24a9
16- cc (COLA): "You are incapable of letting anything go. In fact, I
guarantee you will respond to this post in under 3 hours. Hell, I'd be
surprised if it takes longer than 30 minutes. If I really wanted to, I
could make this little side topic go on forever, because you are a
complete moron who just has to respond to anything written about or to
you, even if it just means repeating yourself." 1 Feb 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/3712090033411605
17- Chance Furlong: "HPT, Wally, Sandman, C Lund, Steve Carroll and Tim
Adams are not trolls and do not troll. You, on the other hand, are a
troll." 27 Aug 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/28c267f26965b43f
18- Chris Ahlstrom (COLA): "I try to go more by the contents of the
posts. Although some clowns (e.g. Snit) spew out so much chaff it is not
worth the effort." 14 Feb 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/8b6a982957c7c9d5
Chris Ahlstrom (COLA): "Actually, many of the advocates are sick to
death of Snit's never-ending puerile blather about trivialities. The
occasional reasonable conversations are too few and far between." 6 Mar
2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/811326833ba71864
19- Chris Clement: "ugh....geez man.....let it go" 5 Jul 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/ed093996df6547b2
20- chrisv (cola): "No, she called him 'shit', and rightly so, for they
way he was so ignominiously birthed into a toilet at the bus depot, and
simply refused to die, despite repeated flushes. It's now far too late
to *flush* him, but we can still *plonk* him..." 12 Sep 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/18099f8aa067f4a5
21- Code Orange: "Then why post it? What need is there for you to "win"
an argument? They don't like you, you don't like them. Why must you keep
this up? What results are you expecting?"
22- CozmicDebris: "I'm done with your three year old games. The archives
show my answers and your inability to process them. Keep posting your
list and proving that you are an idiot troll. I will not address it any
further- you being too stupid to realize and accept that is not my
problem". 22 Nov 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cellular.attws/msg/0aa65b7a132dbfe8
23- cshenk: "I happen to believe him over you... and I doubt I'd be the
only person in this ng to do so. You have given people a lot of
'evidence' that you are dishonest... as 'evidenced' by the quotes list."
.... "Why stop with Jonas? Why not call the entire list of people on
your quotes list 'liars'? After all, they have all labeled you a liar,
troll or worse." 27 Nov 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/909a59de04850ef5
24- Dave Fritzinger: "[snip of stuff I really don't care to read] Snit,
please go away. Get a life, meet a woman, do something, but please,
please, please, GO AWAY!!!!" 2 Jun 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/57bb2fc42ec0f290
25- Dawg Tail: "PC advocates, Mac advocates, Linux advocates. Almost all
of them are making similar claims about Snit. When you have so many
diverse people who share a common perception where do you think the
problem lies? With Snit? Or almost everyone else? The answer doesn't
require an advanced degree to figure out." 30 Dec 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/73edac32c3ad530b
26- Donald L McDaniel: "Jesus, snit. You're a teacher. I thought you
knew what a metaphor was, and could recognize one when it was presented
to you. I guess I had too much confidence in you." 30 Nov 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3254ec7af27bfb0f
27- ed: "snit, you continually amaze me with how much of a liar and
loser you are. you may notice a semi-regular pattern with me where i
stop responding to your posts for stretches at a time, then start up
responding as if you were a normal person. i suppose it's tough for the
magnitude of your 'loserdom' to stick, so it loses some of it's
sharpness when i stop responding to you. you almost always start
responding back in a semi normal way, but inevitably degenerate. it's
once again that time. i can only ask that you pass my condolences to
your wife and unborn child for having to put up with such a dishonest
fool as yourself. (well, if your wife is a loser as well, just pass
those condolences to the rug-rat to be; if not, double condolences to
her). " 30 Apr 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/71f74dd6d806ce77
28- Edward Stanfield: "Snit thinks the rules that apply to honest and
honorable people apply to him. That is absurd. He is the biggest liar
in Usenet history. Mackay posted the email to prove Snit was using sock
puppets and he still is. Snit can not give up his socks puppets and
shills. They are the only ones who ever support him." 28 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/5b52494d96d12229
29- Edwin: "You've got to be out of your mind, Snit. You're the worst
troll this group has ever seen. You're a liar and a forger, and you've
almost destroyed this group single-handedly. For you to post a list of
out of context arguments, and lies, and forgeries about your enemies
labled as a "peace effort" has to be one of the craziest stunts you've
pulled. It's all about your sick need for attention, your need to be
center stage at all times. You'd publicly eat dog turd if you thought it
would make people look at you." 18 May 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/37e4a720619642a0
30- Elijah Baley: "Seriously, Snit, you need psychiatric help. Go see a
doctor." 24 Aug 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/6f6c88356b54fc15
31- Elizabot v2.0.2: "I see you were unable to respond to the points in
my post and you are back to your repetitious regurgitation mode. How
childishly typical of you, Snit." 16 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/55214ccfb7414fe5
32- Fa-groon: "I don't read Snit period. He's been killfiled since the
first day I posted here. [....] I don't want to 'do like Snit'. As far
as I'm concerned, Snit doesn't even exist." 15 Aug 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/dcfbff305ba8b7f0
33- fibercut: "That is the problem. In the years I have been coming to
CSMA I have seen in the past year a real hatred among people, besides
the typical Mac vs. Windows typical argument. I feel that it is like
being in a room of really young children trying there best to best the
other person. The one common thing among all of this seems to be you. I
hate to be like this, but facts are facts. You seem to be in the middle
of a great percentage of arguments. CSMA has become less about Macs and
more about "look everybody, I think he lied". Is there no end then all
this picking at each other on such a personal level. CSMA has always
been al little adversarial but you have personally crank it up to the
point that this place is no longer fun. Congratulations on stopping CSMA
and making this place your own personal circus." 12 Jan 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/bbe695bbc3424ab6
34- Geezer:
Snit: "Steve Carroll has no sense of morality"
Geezer: "Whined the guy who cannot directly address those who uncover
his lies and deceit;)"
Snit: "and no clue about the law."
Geezer: 'Said the guy who believes his unsupported opinions are "proof".
LOL! (snip more of Snit's unsupported lies)' 1 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/d0517ced5134934d
35- Geoff M. Fitton (COLA): "The Prescott Computer Guy *still* showing
how stupid he is... What a mar00n". 30 Aug 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/f9401b4b57c59865
36- George Graves: "Jason. You have started an argument with the Snit
(AKA Michael Glasser), this should not be done. He will drive you crazy
with his twisted logic, his deep-rooted need to be ALWAYS right at any
cost. He will move goalposts, set up strawmen, and bore you into
submission with his endless pedanticism. The only way to engage him is
to hit and run. NEVER engage him, it's a futile, empty procedure that
will only anger you and feed him. Take my advice and STAY AWAY!" 27
Oct 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3d3af33ce25a11fd
37- gimme_this_gimme_that: "Hitting the vodka tonight Snit?" 4 Mar 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/b457a7b378264794
38- Glenn Hall (COLA): "That person is like a constantly running toilet
that won't stop. Does he ever stop talking about UI consistency? No
matter what anyone replies, he adds a few more branches to the spider
web as it grows and grows. It's a waste of time." 31 Oct 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c8dd8a244fe1eb2c
39- Greycloud: "You really shouldn't lie like that. Everyone else
notices that you are not honest and you have no honor." 21 Jan 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3b92f11a1ab00f91
40- H: "Your crappy posts are still showing up in seperate threads, are
you doing this on purpose to piss people off? I dont ever censor people
cause that's just retarded but if you dont fix it I'm gonna have to
cause I dont wanna see your name 40 times in a row. So uh, change your
client or something". 12 Sep 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/f36ee6b458c86499
41- Hadron (COLA): "Would you please stop the whining. FFS he has you
jumping to his every post. How many more fucking times are you going to
post the same repetitive garbage? Please ..at least change the record
sometimes!!!!!!!" 13 Aug 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/1e0ecbb776623473
41- Hadron (COLA): "I'm not coming to the rescue of anyone. I have Snit
killfiled for his repeated reposts of the same text time and time
again." 24 Aug 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/e99833d90612ee35
42- Henry Flam: "You on the other hand must be a deeply troubled
individual who has a fragile ego. I needn't agree nor disagree with the
points above. I don't care about them. Your constant complaints, whines,
rages, etc., wars with the regular Mac advocates, whom you mislabel as
trolls, arise from your sense that any conversation or thread must orbit
around you. People have pointed that out to you but you don't accept
that. Snit I feel sorry for you. Please go and see a doctor about your
solipsism. There must be a cure for you deep psychological travail." 18
Aug 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/b9bb48e6e6da75c8
43- Heywood Mogroot: "*plonk*" Aug 19 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/d8afd909a308b97f
44- -hh: 'Perversion has utterly nothing to do with the definition of
"synonymous". It is, however, a very clear example of how you attempt
to maliciously debase against anyone who disagrees with you. As such, I
consider this to be a purposeful attempt by you to try to libel me.
This is your only warning to consider rescinding your remark, with the
reminder that you, and you alone are responsible for that accusation,
both in the ethical as well as the full legal meaning of the word
"responsible".' 25 Feb 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5496641a3426293a
45- High Plains Thumper: "Agreed except for Snit and socks (Joe Crump
and ad nauseum). I've got Snit kill binned, because he is the classic ad
hominem troll. At first he seems reasonable, but then it always degrades
into name calling bullying, the responder is a liar, etc. AKA the Snit
Circus of Pathological Lies. Perhaps the times he seems reasonable are
when he is properly controlled by medication." 21 Sep 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/249a598ec5aafe85
46- Homer (COLA): "I don't mean this as a personal insult, but I'm
perfectly serious when I say 'Snit' (Michael Glasser) is obviously
mentally ill, and needs help. I was going to suggest that someone
alerts his wife to the problem, but I have to assume she's already aware
of his condition, if she is in fact still living with him. It's
possible, I suppose, that he's already undergoing counselling and/or on
medication, but if he is then it doesn't seem to be helping much. Maybe
he just missed his 'meds' today (again, I mean that sincerely)." 26 Jan
2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/e061874ea94e9ce8
Homer: "Word of advice for anyone concerned: don't be tempted to get
drawn into a Snit circus, it's literally a waste of time. He's just an
attention seeker who'll keep stringing you along, in a never-ending
circle of obtuse questions, for which he has no genuine interest in the
answers." 14 Oct 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/0d06eb2e900e3058
47- hophead: "I have been reading and occasionally posting to CSMA for a
long time now, since 1995 at least. There have always been trolls and
morons, but I've never seen anything quite so disruptive as the Snit
circus. Snit will *never* back down or stop, and neither will most of
his opponents. A good kill file is your only hope." 20 Aug 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3161a78667e299eb
48- Jamie Hart (cola): "It seems that since you are unable to offer
support for your statements, you're reduced to personal attacks on me.
Incidentally, anyone reading this post can see that I have offered no
straw men, and have only asked you to explain how the things you state
as facts can be true. I'm really sorry that you're taking this attitude,
the topic is an interesting one and I thought you might have some
insights. I've snipped the rest, since you dislike long posts and avoid
answering any of the questions I asked by saying everything was just
repeated." 6 Dec 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/8e07cde31f4eecf6
49- Jason McNorton: "You're one of the many, many paranoid people on
usenet that should be confined most likely. You sit there and refresh
your screen endlessly. You post the same nonsense over and over. Either
you're a super troll, or you're a super mess." 1 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/7a8e091c0b248eb0
50- JEDIDIAH (cola): "You're simply full of shit." 27 Feb 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/cdddf5fd04d9afcb
51- Jeff B.: "Yo, Snit. We're not pals. I think you're a git." 23 Dec
2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/0ec649345d433a2d
52- Jeff Hoppe: "This is a Macintosh Advocacy newsgroup. Not a 12-step
recovery plan. Your medical problems or conditions won't help me achieve
a greater understanding of my Mac. In fact, it detracts from it and
those kinds of discussions have no place in a newsgroup such as this."
18 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/947a2cc0301a2862
53- Jesus: "Really, Snit. It's annoying. What are you accomplishing
besides being annoying? Is that your goal?" 25 Apr 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/e3d5029d34cde243
54- Jim Lee Jr.: "Snit, read the thread's title, is Bush mentioned in
it? You (and Carroll) ought to learn to stay on topic and not hijack
threads."
55- Jim Polaski: "Why is it that nearly every thread you're involved in
seems like it turns into some tit-for-tat, dozens of responses to OT
things and garbage? Cmon there Snit. Someone has to take the lead and
stop this crap. Try. How about it?" 25 Apr 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5b5c22490ab9649b
56- Jim Richardson (cola): "And yet again, Snit runs away, rather than
actually provide evidence for his claims. Par for the course I suppose."
"Evasion noted. Snit runs away again rather than produce evidence for
his claims. At least come up with some original insults Snit! I mean,
you *are* capable of original thoughts! Right? Snit?" 8 Feb 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/e33321cc3343fc44
57- Joey Jojo Junior Shabadoo: "and Snithead has even farther to fall -
in a few weeks he'll be out on the street after midnight, yelling at
passersby 'sucky sucky, $2...'" 23 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/57cf69f66571a5a7
58- John C. Randolph: "You're nothing but a troll yourself. What are you
bitching about?" 1 Dec 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/12ba528be5ad2665
59- JohnOfArc (cola): "I'm not sure "troll" does it justice- more like a
black hole! But hey, if we all promise to never again even entertain an
unkind thought re Apple, will you take it back and lock it up? Please??"
11 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/e2891b1f3984e121
60- John Q. Public: "I have not been bothered to read Snit's postings
since I figured out who he is. I don't bother to filter his posts, I
just consider the source and skip to the next one when I see his name."
7 Jan 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/7d34c1bd05c877d2
61- John Slade: "I don't get posts from Snit. I wouldn't be shocked that
he has some kind of disorder. He made up stuff about being a computer
repairman and teacher. He's just plain loony and best ignored. Let him
deal with his disorder by medication. He's here to do one thing, get
attention from people. He says the crazy stuff just to get a reaction.
You say you like to beat him over the head. Well that's what he's
counting on, he says stuff he knows isn't true in hopes to get a rise
out of people like you. Ignore him, you won't regret it." 3 Apr 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/394a53a65c28d314
John Slade: "Snit, you have a enough problems as it is without adding
drinking booze to the list. How the hell did you manage to get out of my
killfile? Oh well back into the cage you go, PLONK." 13 Oct 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.food.wine/msg/992a796786a541d8
62- Josh McKee: "I have no strawman so therefore it has to be in your
mind. .... What is obnoxious are your posts." 26 Jul 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3665b9e002d27c44
63- K E: "I haven't read this board for awhile but I see that even
though the trolls still roam free at least the worst troll of the lot is
mostly being ignored by readers on this bb. If the few stragglers that
keep replying to him would just stop responding to Snit at all this
place could be worth coming back to. There's a good chance he'll pack up
and take his trolling to more fertile ground." 22 Oct 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/0b9dca7df1f677f4
64- KK: 'Whoa there, ad hominem man. You started off your sentence with
"Ah" like you'd just realized something profound.' 29 Oct 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.howard-stern/msg/6a89029a5b5be5f8
65- Kelsey Bjarnason (cola): "Funny how you simply don't bother reading
the posts that rip your entire thesis to bleeding gobbets of putrid
excrescence. Maybe some day you'll learn how to support your position,
instead of sticking your fingers in your ears and humming, hoping it'll
all go away." 7 Mar 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/96d064a7a5c6074a
66- Ku Karlovsky (cola): "You repeatedly chastise others for ad hominem
attacks while in the same sentence make your own ad hominem attacks. You
make silly claims and then avoid the subject of your silliness. You're a
liar and a hypocrite and you always have been." 14 Jul 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/d1e3f9ac5c72c6ee
67- Lars Trager: "Yes, you are stupid." 7 Jan 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/a9bedf6689f9a54f
68- Lawrence D'Oliveiro (COLA): "You seem to be full of complaints about
your inability to hold up your end
of the argument, arenรขโฌโขt you?" 16 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/8ca5f48099696228
69- Lefty Bigfoot: "Okay, I tried to put up with it for a long time, but
the few times you post something worth reading just aren't worth it
anymore. *plonk*" 16 Dec 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5520adae01120e83
70- Liam Slider (cola): "Maybe he's responding to the fact you've been
an annoying little fuckwit lately. You started out with the pretense of
trying to be fair, but lately all there is from you in COLA is trashtalk
about Linux and you acting every bit the troll." 16 Jul 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/ad7d6c42c5e4cf2f
71-libcrushersmith: "Snit also thinks Dan Rather still anchors CBS News
and that Gitmo terrorists are innocent! Any time Snit is cornered, he
changes the subject and will never admit he's wrong." 28 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/fbc516717f3b7ccf
72- libsnightmare: "You're a sore loser who has resorted to fifth grade
tactics. How fucking sad - all this clown has left is to edit posts and
post fake bullshit. You can't debate... so you lie. Once again, you have
proved Steve Carroll right about you. Sad..." 4 May 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/a80c93f80bd6bc3e
73- Linonut (cola): "Snit may be the first retraction of my general
killfile amnesty. The volume of cavilling, whining, foot-stomping,
back-tracking, goal-post shifting, and petulance generated by that
effete candy-ass beggars belief". 30 Aug 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/cc4827fd7e8ad574
74- Lloyd Parsons: "Well, I don't know if Oxford is the most cretinous,
I would think that would be reserved for Snit! ;-)" 18 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/b6cd3ac4bf1e08d6
75- Lewis: "hasn't this fight been going on for like 8 years now? I
don't think anything is ever going to fix snit." 02 Mar 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/98ef8bca6b3a9b34
76- Lusotec (COLA): "You have started threads on this subject many
times, and many times it has been explained to you how X copy & paste
should work and how bugs in a application are not bugs in the system,
but still you return to this subject and post the same false
statements." 09 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/37032133fbe9db92
77- Marious Barrier (COLA): "I must recognize that it is the first time
I see that kind of troll, once that start asking moderately serious
questions and since the first answer, gradually starts to degenerate it
by, in many failed attempts of being sarcastic, inserting various
indirect insults and calling all people ignorant and unable to answer
what he asks for." 14 Oct 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c6607ea64f436821
78- Mark Kent (cola): "The problem with someone like Mr Glasser is the
same as it is with Mr Wong, even if he were to be honest now, it would
be impossible to determine where the honesty starts and the usual
dishonesty ends. In my primary school, one of the teachers was very keen
on proverbs, and I recall her going over the "cry wolf" story. Mr
Glasser could "cry wolf" over and over now, and I would not come to help
him with his sheep, because I do not know any way of determining if he's
ever telling the truth, or indeed, if he ever has." 2 Dec 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3f30aa1b65a972b3
79- Marti Van Lin (COLA): "I paid enough attention to Snit IMHO. I
killfiled him the very first month I started lurking COLA. I find his
nitpicking and immature behavior extremely annoying. I am not going to
torture myself reading his bullshit. Snit is also a proven liar.
Remember his retarded exif debacle." 08 Jul 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/d12622df3671359b
80- Mayor of R'lyeh: "The fact is that he's probably pulling it to this
post since its all about him and he managed to make me think about him
today. A friend of mine has a toddler. I went over to her house and
videotaped her kid doing a bunch of cute toddler stuff then burned a DVD
of it for her. While we were watching the DVD her kid got mad. He got
mad because we quit making him the center of attention and made that kid
on the tv the center of attention. He even ran up to the tv and tried to
block our view of it. That's how Snit lives his whole life." 30 Sep 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/9935f4154d5a290b
81- McGarnagle: "And you know when Snit is endorsed by two of the
biggest nutjobs in AGA - RichL and El Kabong - you know he's not very
bright and a loon." 31 Oct 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.guitar.amps/msg/e60a33341bff1309
82- Michelle Ronn: "The real topic here is that one someone refutes your
'facts', you run away and ignore them. Refuting your 'facts' is easily
done in this case. I did it, and you ignored it." 9 Feb 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/c050c82720737b32
83- Mike: "Nonsense. I never see you "advocate" anything. All I see you
doing is engage in endless semantic arguments with everyone. You're the
TholenBot of CSMA. BTW, that's *not* a compliment!" 8 Jul 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/7c5b72d70b87ffbd
84- Mike Dee: "I will no longer accuse you of lying here. Instead I can
only say that you are a complete and delusional kook that happens to
inhabit CSMA for the time being. That you are unaware of how deranged
you actually behave further reinforces this notion. Please seek
professional help."
"The point that keeps whooshing over your head Snit, is Elizabot made no
threat to you before you went to the police. She made a promise.
Admittedly, to your delusional spaced out paranoiac view point, Elizabot
was suddenly "threatening" to you. In so much as you had to take your
kooky self down to your local police shop and blub on their shoulders
about how much in danger you were in [sob, whine], and they had to waste
valuable policing time consoling you over your stupidity. I bet they
have Kook with a capital "K" written at the top of your profile, Snit."
2 Sep 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/9cf45bc88a324f40
85- mmoore321: "Snit is a human car-accident and we are all
rubbernecking. We know it is bad form, but yet strangely curious. Treat
him the same way, look but just keep moving on." 18 Aug 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/f1c3041d89504c07
86- Mojo: "Actually, these facts piss everybody off because they are
off-topic, unnecessarily confrontational, extremely boring and clearly
show that you are crying out for attention." 20 Sep 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/a38f07b9a4811a80
87- Mr. Blonde: "Lastly, I can't help but comment on the fact that your
obsession with Sandman has actually grown since you claimed to KF him.
Killfilling someone generally implies you're ignoring that person, yet
you piggyback onto virtually every reply to him here and and check his
website's validation status more often than most people check their
e-mail. These are not the actions of a mentally balanced individual."
19 Jan 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/2b005666ab303e2b
88- MR_ED_of_Course: "Seriously, spend half a day at any pre-school or
kindergarten and see if the kids there can't teach you a thing or two
about social behavior." 16 May 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/55c03a6a0b7813a4
89- Muahman: "Ahhhh shit, another thread lost to the Snit retard
circus!!! I actually dread seeing Snit reply to a thread because that
automatically means it's in the toilet." 8 Jul 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/92e776d521dfa701
90- Mutley (AUK): "For the record ... I'll be done when I decide that
there's more shit on your face than there is on the sole of my shoe."
01 Nov 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/1802ad3aa000098b
91- Nashton/Nasht0n: "Oh for crying out loud, if I wasn't convinced that
snit is a total loser, and I rarely call people losers, I certainly am
now. Why bother responding to his stupidities anyway?" 29 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/be1a326a81441508
92- nessuno (COLA):
Chris Ahlstrom: "Have you ever noticed that threads involving Snit,
[...] are a basically a waste of time?
nessuno: "Yep. I don't read them." 29 May 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/2f997598f0e25f9d
93- New Bee: "Honest and honorable? You? You've either got a wry sense
of humor, or you're completely nuts. Either way you're just a waste of
time, and you've done more than anybody to make this group a cesspool.
Then you revel in wallowing in your own filth." 14 May 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/2856277b085d0274
94- none of your buisiness (COLA): "I am sorry, but I am going to have
to send you to the bin. You're perpetrating the Snit circus by
responding to all of his assinine posts. He is only here for one reason,
to disrupt this group, & you are helping him, as well as flatfish." 04
Jan 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/a9b40ce46612fdc4
95- Not Important: "I get this mental image of you and a sibling as
children in the back seat of the family car saying:
Mom, 'snits' touching me ... and you responding much as you do now ...
I'm not touching you, you're touching me! The problem is that by now you
should've grown out of that type of poke and complain interaction with
others. But, of course, you've haven't learned how to interact with
others in a more 'constructive' and mutually beneficial manner even
now." 03 Jul 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/d16279e9003ca8f4
96- notlisted (COLA): "I actually like Apple. But I see you as an
asshole who spends an embarassing percentage of your life posting
derogatory comments about a computer operating system you obviously
detest, and insulting those who defend it in a newsgroup dedicated its
advocacy. That's almost the definition of being an asshole, and you
have half a dozen buddies who do the same thing. You excuse what you do
by pretending that you're merely pointing out problems in the hope that
the system will be improved, but that's an obvious lie whether it's you
saying it or one of your buds. You do it because you enjoy the feeling
it gives you, whatever that is." 07 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/90b57eaa796e8b14
97- OldCSMAer: "What's he been doing? Am I going to be sorry I killfiled
him?" 27 Nov 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/23b808d9646cd257
98- OldSage: "What drives me nuts is your unrelenting ability and desire
to argue on the head of a pin about the most trivial of things." 2 Oct
2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/88457f8e7c25273e
99- Oxford: "If you are using MT-Newswatcher: Select offending Author,
example Snit... Go to the Filters Menu, Choose 'Kill this Author'
Click 'OK' Then Repeat with each annoying Author of your choice. Then
to see your work... Choose the Filter Menu again, Then 'Refilter
Articles'... Bam! No more boring, pointless bickering about nothing.
Enjoy!!!!!" 14 Aug 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/1d7f9181e95ed9ec
100- Owl (COLA): "You have interacted with me often enough to know that
I never initiate personal attacks. I generally respond in kind. It is
you who usually fall off the civility wagon first, with your ironically
condescending canned responses that do nothing for your argument and
generally shine a spotlight on the desperation that you are so fearful
of projecting." 5 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/8debf93e05da4d26
Owl (COLA): "You are a complete idiot and extremely dishonest. Consider
yourself permanently plonked." 29 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/ba7797c5108b3c10
101- Patrick Nihill: "I mean, honestly, who would you rather discuss
something with; Dan, or someone like Zara? Or, for that matter, Snit,
for whom the work 'troll' seems so painfully inadequate?" 13 Aug 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/f93db68e683ad769
102- Pawel Wojciak: "Jesus Christ, snit... <plonk> " 27 Jun 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/93afdfea4d4f491a
103- PC Guy: "Forget it Snit, you're a waste of time. For someone who
talks about everyone else not being "honest and honorable" you appear to
be the least honest and honorable of anyone here." 22 Apr 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/36bf51df2a2662a4
104- Peter: "I've never felt the need to use the filters in Newswatcher
but I thought Id try the Kill this Author.. option with Snit. Ten
seconds later and he's gone! Amazing." 30 Dec 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/011eef01d7bcd56c
105- Peter Bjorn Perlso: "Plonked for 60 days. Now stfu and take your
argument with sandman into the private room." 13 Dec 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/ae4651ec99be3c77
106- Peter Hayes: "True, but that removes Snit completely, and someti...
err..... occasiona.... errrrr..... once in a blue moon he has something
useful to say." 20 Mar 2007
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/8a31a47e26c5f5b7
107- Peter Jensen (cola): "Where has he ever said that they were not
different windowing environments? Message-ID, please. Experience has
told me not to trust you on anything without backing evidence." 30 Jun
2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/cfd5de2006d42fdc
108- Peter Kohlmann (cola): "Snot Glasser is invading this group with
his inane drivel, so he has to bear what people think about that
dishonest retard. And just for the record: You *are* a Glasser sock" 30
Jan 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/f3166f6fda92641b
109- PeterBP: "Oh will you stfu". 30 Mar 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3e88e9a86cb5483e
110- Phil Earnhardt: "You're only interested in trying to get
superficial snipes and extrapolate inappropriate conclusions." 1 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/ad24a97d5dc86277
111- Rapskat (cola): "For instance, your sig you reference a long
standing war you have going with some person from csma. It's like you
single out persons to target your attentions upon and then continuously
berate them with constant barbs and goads to perpetuate their
acrimonious responses, which in turn you respond in kind, etc. ad
infinitum. Above all things, your affinity for Macs and your overbearing
pompous nature aside, this is what convinces me that your primary
purpose for frequenting this and other groups is to troll." 07 Sep 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/a09c6b8e3e63f42d
112- RichardK: "Just killfile him already." 20 Jun 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/1c9e7ded2e95a582
113- Rick (cola): "Snit, you are a liar. And an ignorant one. You trash
people that are trying their level best to cope with a horrendous
situation. And you do it without the slightest idea of what is going
on." 06 Sep 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/fcad2955ac5cb03b
114- Rick G.: "Just to be plain here, I have no doubt that he is a
troll. I am tolerant of his nature, not blind to it. However, as a
troll, he is ... somewhat clumsy." 22 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/198b88e3d0064a92
115- Robert F.: "Um, perhaps you misunderstand. I don't care if you
quote Mayor McCheese claiming the Earth is a flat plate perched on the
shell of a tortoise, I was merely pointing out that you run the risk of
looking ridiculous when you quote something patently stupid. If that's
your goal, you're on the right track, and more power to you." 11 Jan 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/4dc22433eae8803d
116- RonB (COLA): "Snit is a crank fixated on one issue, who's thing is
twisting your words so he can win an argument against a straw man.
That's enough to killfile him." 1 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usenet.kooks/msg/ce8550d4cc5b1b42
RonB: (COLA): "Why do you bother responding to Snit? He makes no point,
he simply gainsays whatever you say. Just another version of Hadron's
'you're a liar' mantra, which is about all he can muster nowadays." 27
May 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/279210dd877d7aa0
RonB (COLA): "Original subject line now killfiled. You can only talk
about the freaking clipboard for so many million freaking messages. As I
said, Snit has no common-sense, STOP mechanism. He's a mechanically
obsessive super crank and will go on forever. I'm not kidding about
this, he will *NEVER* *ever* stop." 6 Mar 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/0df1e0164a8b586e
117- Rotten Apple: "You make trolls like me look like choir boys." 14
Sep 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/7a92988bcbce8fdb
118- Roy Culley (cola): "You appear to be in the latter category.
Starting crossposted threads for the simple purpose of hoping to
generate a flame war. If you truly want to learn more about Linux and
how it can help you and your supposed users why aren't you requesting
help from a more technical Linux newsgroup than an advocacy group? As
the old saying goes, those who can do, those who can't teach. Your posts
seem to confirm that saying IMHO." 12 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/d521a80051e24d08
119- S'mee (Keith, rec.motorcycles): "Liar...forger and worthless. You
must be related to our resident racist troll, he lies as much as you."
29 Dec 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/ab08c00330c8b58d
120- Sandman: "He is by far the most killfiled person in the -HISTORY-
of csma. I've never seen someone so disliked, almost hated, in a news
group before. He has the ability to turn just about any person against
him in just a few posts. On usenet, trolls do this daily, but the funny
part with Michael is that I actually think he DOESN'T consider himself
be a troll - damn what -EVERYONE ELSE- is calling him. Obviously they
are wrong. Only Tholen himself can match this behaviour." 18 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/51c0735c774215c2
121- sav: "You really need to take a rest somewhere nice. Honestly, even
the nutters who hang out down on Brighton seafront made more sense than
this. You been doing drugs or something?" 25 May 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/1b251baa5c641370
122- Sean Burke: If you're dumb enough to respond to snit, you're
probably dumb enough to click on a spam attachment that promises to
remove smut from your harddrive." 21 Jan 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/e166032d8959c0e1
123- Sermo Malifer (COLA):
Snit: "Why do so many people in COLA argue *against* me..."
Sermo Malifer: "Because you're a narcissistic troll who posts trash just
to get people talking about you." 21 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/5ddf14f502e9b3f1
124- spike1: "As for the original post, there's plenty of reason thought
and criteria. The reason is snit's here. The thought is probably to show
everyone here just how bad a troll snit is." 03 Dec 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/c797d640e3b9fc12
125- ShutterBugz: "so snit-zel has some kind of problem expressing
anger, i guess. he has to vent his frustrations in other ways. and he
thinks he's making sense: well the syntax is there and he figures he's
pretty smart. indeed, he tells us, he's done the personality tests and
the iq tests and he's okay! aaaaahhhhh, you see he's soooooooo well
adjusted." 3 Mar 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/7f9fa1cf90490298
126- Steel (COLA): "You may not like the game, but nevertheless, it's
just a game. You play a game yourself don't kid yourself." 14 Oct 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/be1f49165984c350
127- Steve Carroll: "Snit isn't much more than a one trick pony and not
telling the whole story is one of his two main tricks. His other main
trick is to outright lie. Sprinkle in a bit of denial and you've gone a
long way towards defining his MO. The idea that Snit admits to his
errors is one of the biggest jokes on usenet." 28 Feb 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/0cc84ece10726aac
128- Steve Mackay: "Just killfile Snit, the dishonest piece of elephant
dung, and all would go away. Sure, I got caught up in the "Snit Circus",
but then the cotton candy began to sour, and CSMA begun to smell like
elephant dung." 18 Aug 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/9fc11094133dfcdf
129- Steven de Mena: "Sorry, you have now lost all credibility with me
for your rediculous argument regarding this." 26 Sep 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/1c8777d39c34e293
130- Steve Travis: "Oh oh... Now look what we've done. Snit has lost
all self respect and has sunk to the point of using words like 'asses'
when referring to others. Oh, how could the morally superior snit have
fallen so low.. Please take a moment out of your busy schedule to feel
embarassed for him. Or perhaps we should set up a fund to get him more
happy glue (and the appropriate plastic bags)." 27 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/3edd9ab69425a6c5
131- Stuart Krivis: "You might as well just give up and plonk him then.
A snit is a snit is a snit and always will be." 15 Aug 2006 (post not
available except in reply)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5b382420a696f140
132- Tattoo Vampire (COLA): "In other words, in another attempt to
troll, you made yourself look like a fool. Again". 28 Aug 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/b2676d3540e09f38
133- thanatoid: "Is business/personal life/etc. SO bad that you had to
create Snit? I really thought higher of you until Snit came in here, in
fact I find your site very nice and wish there was a shop like yours
where I live (well, I /think/...) Or is Snit really just someone whose
HD you accidentally wiped? Either way, it seems to have created a lot
of, for lack of a better word, unpleasantness - just from looking at
today's headers." 02 Jul 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/24hoursupport.helpdesk/msg/1c43a7415c97bfa1
134- The Lost Packet (COLA): "well, he's found a seat in my killbin, I
can't be doing with him." 27 Jan 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/2007526a552b3322
135- TheLetterK: "That is merely your perception, Shit. You're the one
lacking counter evidence, and your arguments basically amount to "I'm
right, nya nya nya." No matter how many examples someone points at to
demonstrate their claim, you blindly continue to insist that they
provide no evidence, or that the evidence given is irrelevant. Worse
still, you fall back on straw men and disingenuous quote mangling to
portray the argument in your favor. You are one of the worst trolls that
inhabit CSMA, Shit. *Edwin* is more prone to fits of reason than you
are." 23 Sep 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/d488596b57132124
136- Thufir: "You can "prove" that no one has disproved your "proof"?
Again, your assertion that no one has done so is even *less* convincing
than your claim that some PDF "proves" whatever point you're trying to
make precisely because I'm familiar with your MO. That is, you're a
dumb-ass who would claim that that something is proved when it's not,
and who would ignore counter-examples disproving your contention. I
don't know what this *ages old* thread is about, but I know that you're
full of shit." 21 Aug 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/5114623055c01092
137-Tim Adams: "I'd kill file you but then I'd miss the fun. you see,
you never cease to amaze me at just how stupid you really are. Why just
the other day I had a great laugh when I saw you, the king of liars (in
this NG anyway) calling somebody else a liar." 13 Nov 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/40c7f9407179ff2a
138- Tim Crowley: "I don't know - I think you might have more
compassion. Snit is sick. He needs help. This is the only way the poor
sick fool can get attention. My fucking God, he's taken to hanging out
with and supporting racist pig fuckers like MuahMuah. It is true that
no-one likes him and those that pretend they do are just using him or
don't know him - but come on- it's not his fault. He's sick. Have some
compassion, eh? All these idiot trolls, Zara, Stew, Tommy,
MuaaaahMuaaah, and Snit - they are all so alike. I pity each and every
one of them" 19 Apr 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/67f0f174110bfa0a
139- Tim Smith: "No, he didn't, and there is no reasonable way you could
actually believe he lied. You are purely trying to troll here." 14 Apr
2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/6e3cfd9240ac4871
140- Timberwoof: "Plonk, Snit." 23 Apr 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/40c8df070c3e776c
141- tom_elam: "Killfile Steve C. and Snit" 07 Jul 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/b50d0c973d21d995
142- TomB (COLA): "No Snit, you were flat out lying in an attempt to
make me look bad. Do you really have to sink to that level in order to
'be right'? If so, you're pathetic. And I don't say this because I like
to say it." 07 Feb 2010
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/43263f575ac40353
143- Tom Bates: "Do you have to turn any thread you post in into one of
your Circus acts?" 20 Feb 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/25f0e481b605e71f
144- Tommy: "In case you did not get it, I think the moral was: Stop
polluting the world with your infantile and obsessive "writings". You
give Mac advocacy a bad name. If that was your goal you have succeeded!
That also goes for all that bullshit on your website" 11 Jun 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/03610d2080321d33
145- Tony(UK) (COLA): "Your email address in your headers just about
sums the Linux world up. Nothing to do with the OS, it is the *uckwits
involved in the whole arena and have posted before on this. If in doubt,
deride, insult and attack. Look inwardly carefully before judging me."
10 Dec 2009
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/533042ed18cefba3
146- TravelinMan: "I still can't figure out what's wrong with Snit. Most
people have him kill-filed and the few who don't mostly restrict their
responses to 'why don't you go away, no one wants you here'. Just what
would keep someone in this group with all of that animosity? Must be
some kind of severe mental illness." 17 Mar 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/45197fbb46d491df
147- Wally: "Because by your own admission "honor and honesty" are
nothing more than a "game" to you, as such not only do you wish to
define the rules, but no doubt you will also attempt to alter or bend
the rules when inevitably things do not go to your liking, for this
reason I doubt anyone would be foolish enough to play your game." 16
May 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/b9b3ed1ee20e5220
148- White Spirit (COLA): "Snit deserves a good beat-down, Rodney King
style. I have had to plonk the worthless piece of Snit to prevent my
monitor being defiled with the presence of his idiotic, narcissistic
tripe." 24 Aug 2011
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/2e3adbaae4bfb91d
149- WhoMe: "F michael IS a teacher, it's no wonder he's home more than
he's anywhere near a classroom".
150- William Poaster: "Good grief. If anyone's having a mental breakdown
it's the Prescott Computer Guy, Michael Snit Glasser. What a f#cked up
mess he is." 29 Aug 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/914d1e74855fb461
151- William R. Walsh: "Now, if you'll excuse me, and accept my sincere
apologies for this, PLONK! Feel proud about that. You're the first
person to be plonked from my new computer! :-) " 10 Feb 2005
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/313c7368f6369c49
152- Woofbert: "*Plonk*" 14 Jun 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/436e6b5333d747e0
153- zara: "Look - I'm not into combing through thousands of posts, to
prove what was said or not said - I leave stuff like that to people
without lives, like Snit. But it is assuredly, in the record. Ping Snit
to do a search - you will flatter him, and give meaning to his tawdry
little life." 25 Oct 2006
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/a1d4fc7120a6a538
154- Zaren Ankleweed: "And with that, Snit goes in the global killfile.
No subject, no author, no nothing. Buh-bye". 11 Sep 2004
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/12f7c34f24d43624
155- Znu: "The Snit Circus has gotten particularly bad as of late. When
I set up my filters to kill all of Snit's posts, plus direct replies to
them (which is how I'm keeping things from now on), nearly 40% of the
most recent 1000 articles in CSMA go out the window. .... In all,
something like 50% of the traffic in this group is now related to Snit
insanity. .... I killfile Edwin because I don't have a patience to have
discussions with someone who deliberately tries to waste my time. But
watching *other people* tie him knots can be entertaining. The
Snit-related posts are not like this. They are endless repetitions of
the exact same material and/or arguments dating back *years* about who
said what." 20 Apr 2008
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/9244dd79c682b2d6
Archived here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/85eb8039aa570cce
--
HPT
Snit
8:42 AM:
> Snit wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper stated:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>>>
>>>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>>>
>>>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>>>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>>>
>>>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs,
>>>> routers, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
>>>> to discredit the competition.
>>>
>>> Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
>>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and
>>> behaves just like them.
>>
>> I love when the COLA "advocates" show they fear to even mention my
>> name... I mean, really, am I that scary?
>
> No, we wholeheartedly concur with these 155 poster quotes on the Snit
> Circus of Pathological Lies. Now in its sixth printing, alphabetised and
> with substantial links, here are what these 155 posters have to say about
> Snit:
The fact is I called you on your BS:
7
> On Saturday 27 August 2011 05:36 High Plains Thumper wrote:
>
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
Something big did happen.
First flatcake went off line and then flat cake was pronounced
dead and then flat cake got resurrected in different nyms.
The attacks have all remained constant barring a short break
but all the attackers have shifted from pro-micoshaft anti-Linux to pro-
appil anti-Android Linux. It is still proprietary v. Linux with a completely
different tone, and all still emanating from US based technology companies.
Looks kike COLA must pay the price for the whims of some marketing
troll operation in one or more of these US companies.
I believe it is critical to understand what might have happened
within marketing departments at micoshaft, mokia, appil, oracle and facebook
etc to understand if any of them had inexplicably caused a drift
of the trolling direction by some policy change. It could be a marketing
department change of leadership, or some report had come out which
meant that Linux and Android is a big threat to all the screaming
ladies being employed to troll here.
High Plains Thumper
> bbgruff wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper wrote:
>>
>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> Something big did happen.
>
> then flat cake got resurrected in different nyms.
>
> The attacks have all remained constant barring a short break but all the
> attackers have shifted from pro-micoshaft anti-Linux to pro-appil
> anti-Android Linux. It is still proprietary v. Linux with a completely
> different tone, and all still emanating from US based technology
> companies.
>
> operation in one or more of these US companies.
>
> I believe it is critical to understand what might have happened within
> marketing departments at micoshaft, mokia, appil, oracle and facebook
> etc to understand if any of them had inexplicably caused a drift of the
> trolling direction by some policy change. It could be a marketing
> department change of leadership, or some report had come out which meant
> that Linux and Android is a big threat to all the screaming ladies being
> employed to troll here.
"7", good observation, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment, it is
spot on. Perhaps this is why Microsoft purchased Apple stock a decade ago
and bailed it out of hulk. It knew that had potential to pay dividends in
the future.
When COLA President "7" speaks, the COLA community listens! :-)
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High Plains Thumper
> Snit wrote:
>>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>>
>>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>>
>>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs,
>>> routers, etc.
>>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
>>> to discredit the competition.
>>
>> Your paranoia amuses me.
>
> Your Snit is so ...
>
> I don't agree with Roy on everything but in this case he is totally
> right. It has been documented in the court cases MS fought in USA. I
> personally know MS provided with the writers of the computer magazine.
> No I don't have a check to prove it but I was told personally.
>
> Maybe someone has the links ready for those MS "top secret"
> documents....
This has info on Microsoft Astroturfing:
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2003/11/tcs.php
But regarding court documents, Homer has archived them conveniently:
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/
Also, EU has a good summary document with many footnoted links that are
still good:
Microsoft
A History of Anticompetitive Behavior and Consumer Harm
March 31, 2009
http://www.ecis.eu/documents/Finalversion_Consumerchoicepaper.pdf
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A. van der Berigheid
news:3434026.M...@schestowitz.com...
http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1762614
"By the end of 2011, nearly 635 million new PCs worldwide are expected to be
shipped with Windows 7. Many enterprises have been planning their deployment
of Windows 7 for the last 12 to 18 months, and are now moving rapidly to
Windows 7," Ms. Jump said.
Shipments of Apple iMacs and Mac OS share on new PCs have seen increases in
the last 12 months. Mac OS was shipped on 4 percent of new PCs worldwide in
2010 versus 3.3 percent in 2008. Mac OS is forecast to be on 4.5 percent of
PCs in 2011, and grow to 5.2 percent of new PCs in 2015. Shipments will grow
stronger in mature markets where consumers are buying into the Apple product
ecosystem.
"The adoption of Mac PCs and Mac OS is a result of Apple's ability to grow
well above the market average in the last 12 to 24 months, thanks to its
ease of use from the user interface (UI) point of view and ease of
integration with other Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
and the existing Apple ecosystem of applications and programs," Ms. Jump
said.
The Mac OS share still varies greatly by region, as Apple has much stronger
presence in North America and Western Europe. The fastest growth is expected
to happen in selected emerging countries, where Apple and Mac OS are growing
from a small base.
*Linux OS is expected to remain niche* over the next five years with its
share *below 2 percent* because of the remaining high costs of application
migration from Windows to Linux. In the consumer market, Linux will be run
on less than 1 percent of PCs, as Linux's success with mini-notebooks was
short-lived and few mini-notebooks are preloaded with it today.
Kari Laine
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You are pitiful. And a big pain in the ass. Without you there might be
change to get some real discussion going on about Linux.
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Homer
> What's the significant event to account for this?
The meteoric rise of mobile computing, and thus the death of the desktop
(taking Windows and Microsoft with it).
Even IBM, the inventor of the PC, has declared it dead. And HP, formerly
the world's biggest PC manufacturer, recently quit the market. The
desktop is dead, and therefore so is Microsoft.
That's why those who support Microsoft (and the monopolistic corporate
totalitarianism it represents, which they're so enamoured with) are
wailing like cattle in a slaughterhouse.
Watch the screeching reach fever-pitch when "Tiles 8" is released, then
fade away again as it tanks, just like "Tiles 7".
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Fedora 8 (Werewolf) on ลกky | Her aunt, with a gasp, replied: "It's a wasp,
kernel 2.6.31.5, up 96 days | And you're holding the end where the stenzies."
Snit
10:13 AM:
Roy implies MS pays people to post to COLA.
That is just loony.
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> On 08/27/2011 06:07 PM, Snit wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper stated in post j3acbm$11k$1...@dont-email.me on 8/27/11
>> 2:11 AM:
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> High Plains Thumper on Saturday:
>>>>
>>>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>>>
>>>> Linux is winning the mobile war at the moment, then moving upwards to
>>>> tablets and other fast-growing markets.
>>>>
>>>> Linux had already won other market segments like servers, DCs, routers,
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>> Haters gonna hate. Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills to
>>>> discredit the competition.
>>>
>>> Reason why I ask is we have one Mactroll who is mostly ignored in
>>> comp.sys.mac.advocacy, who has become the worst Wintroll here and behaves
>>> just like them.
>>
>> I love when the COLA "advocates" show they fear to even mention my name... I
>> mean, really, am I that scary?
>
> You are pitiful. And a big pain in the ass. Without you there might be
> change to get some real discussion going on about Linux.
>
>
I would love to see some real discussions - remember, I am the one who keeps
asking for the name calling and bogus accusations to end. I want a higher
level of discourse - but it is not likely to happen in COLA.
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High Plains Thumper
> High Plains Thumper spake thusly:
>
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> The meteoric rise of mobile computing, and thus the death of the desktop
> (taking Windows and Microsoft with it).
>
> Even IBM, the inventor of the PC, has declared it dead. And HP, formerly
> the world's biggest PC manufacturer, recently quit the market. The
> desktop is dead, and therefore so is Microsoft.
>
> That's why those who support Microsoft (and the monopolistic corporate
> totalitarianism it represents, which they're so enamoured with) are
> wailing like cattle in a slaughterhouse.
>
> Watch the screeching reach fever-pitch when "Tiles 8" is released, then
> fade away again as it tanks, just like "Tiles 7".
Interesting and reasonable perspective, Homer. I have to agree with you
on the monopolistic corporate totalitarianism. Microsoft doesn't know how
to compete except by monopoly maintenance.
For example, Glenn Cox, founder of the Cox series of model aeroplane
engines and ready to fly aircraft, put the competition out of business
with his ability to produce consistent high quality small displacement
engines cheaper than the competition. He developed a way with screw
machines, to turn out crank cases and other parts quickly and cheaply.
He dominated the scene for two decades, until retirement and the decline
of small internal combustion engines with the advent of powerful but
light weight electric motors and battery systems now prevalent today.
Microsoft OTOH, capitalised on monopoly maintenance and astroturfing,
marketing to get people to accept poor quality as a standard acceptable
for desktop PC's. Hence it was acceptable for crashes, security risks and
ad nauseum.
Having worked with minicomputers, engineering workstations and pre MS-DOS
operating systems, crashes and hangs, unexpected disfunctionality were
not common until MS-DOS and later Windows came on the scene.
Now had they concentrated on producing a high quality product cheaply
that was very optimised, stable, etc., there would be no question that
they could have continued to be popular and well liked.
It is odd how that I find among friends, acquaintances and co-workers,
that they basically tolerate Windows. When Vista came out they were very
disappointed, and the overall reaction to Windows 7 is "ho hum." Ditto
with the later Office versions, with their bloat and mediocre performance.
Yet the Wintrolls herein would like one to believe that everyone is
thrilled and enamoured with Microsoft products. That only goes to show
their agendas.
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HPT
-hh
wrote:
> ... Microsoft also has a history of hiring paid shills
> to discredit the competition.
While it wouldn't surprise me if MS did that, I don't think I've ever
seen anyone provide clear & definitive proof.
However, this is COLA on USENET - - has there ever been any definitive
proof of Microsoft paying shills to work on USENET ... or better yet,
on COLA?
To keep it relevant, let's limit the terms to be the events of just
the last decade.
-hh
Clog_-_wog (ยฎ)
news:j3bha1$p6$1...@dont-email.me...
> Homer wrote:
>> High Plains Thumper spake thusly:
>>
>>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>>
>> The meteoric rise of mobile computing, and thus the death of the desktop
>> (taking Windows and Microsoft with it).
>>
>> Even IBM, the inventor of the PC, has declared it dead. And HP, formerly
>> the world's biggest PC manufacturer, recently quit the market. The
>> desktop is dead, and therefore so is Microsoft.
>>
>> That's why those who support Microsoft (and the monopolistic corporate
>> totalitarianism it represents, which they're so enamoured with) are
>> wailing like cattle in a slaughterhouse.
>>
>> Watch the screeching reach fever-pitch when "Tiles 8" is released, then
>> fade away again as it tanks, just like "Tiles 7".
>
> Interesting and reasonable perspective, Homer.
*SLURP*
-hh
> High Plains Thumper <h...@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
> > But yes, Linux is succeeding in leaps and bounds.
>
> Except its not. Google have made a mess of Android and its currently a
> malware infested pos.
A better question to ask is "What precisely is it 'winning'?".
> The fact its "free" and many handset mfrs can use
> it is of course a boon to its adoption figures nonetheless.
In the cellular business, the smartphone segment is a huge growth
opportunity, and via Android, Google has given the cellular providers
an opportunity to crank out their old paradigm of "cheap junk"
handsets to entice consumers - - and with the higher monthly fees from
data plans, the providers are naturally in bed with this as a
promising business plan...and at the same time, the handset
manufacturers get to adopt Android and abolish much of their in-house
firmware development. However, this just follows the paradigm of
cheap, which doesn't necessarily translate into the best product value
from the consumer's perspective.
> Desktop
> Linux has gone pretty much nowhere unfortunately : and this despite the
> failure in part of Vista. And part to blame is the likes of Schestowitz
> telling lies and making Linux users look like a bunch of kooks.
Unfortunately the case, which is why COLA now tries to talk up about
Android segment so much. The unfortunate part of this is that there's
an opportunity for making a pitch to home consumers by going against
the grain of Microsoft's current advertising campaign - - the one
where they turn some woman's living room into a PC store - - because
MS is trying to plant the suggestion that a 4 year old piece of
hardware should be considered obsolete and thus replaced with a new
one (including a new MS license).
-hh
Kari Laine
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On 08/27/2011 09:55 PM, Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee that High Plains Thumper spake thusly:
>> What's the significant event to account for this?
>
> The meteoric rise of mobile computing, and thus the death of the desktop
> (taking Windows and Microsoft with it).
>
> Even IBM, the inventor of the PC, has declared it dead. And HP, formerly
> the world's biggest PC manufacturer, recently quit the market. The
> desktop is dead, and therefore so is Microsoft.
>
> That's why those who support Microsoft (and the monopolistic corporate
> totalitarianism it represents, which they're so enamoured with) are
> wailing like cattle in a slaughterhouse.
>
> Watch the screeching reach fever-pitch when "Tiles 8" is released, then
> fade away again as it tanks, just like "Tiles 7".
>
Windows still have darn sturdy supporters. For example I am about to get
new toy an Atmel AVR based board. And the AVR Studio from Atmel is only
available on Windows - doh... I already installed it on Windows but will
try to run it with Wine. Day by day I think that this Wine project is
more important than it is advertised.
There are also some native AVR tools for Linux. Will start scouring for
them now. If someone has done any AVR programming with Linux using a
programmer like mine AVR JTAG MKII then please comment or email me
directly. My email in the headers is valid.
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Snit, how you finance your existence? You seem to live here.
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Peter Kรถhlmann
> Snit, how you finance your existence? You seem to live here.
>
That one ios simple. Extremely so.
Snit Michael Glasser squanders his family income. Earned by his wife.
Instead of contributing to the income and help raising his kid, he has
decided that trolling usenet 24/7 is much more fun for him
Snot Glasser is quite simple a leech, a totally useless parasite who would
live under the next bridge if it weren't for his wife
Snit
8/27/11 1:32 PM:
I work... but my life is not relevant to COLA.
Roy's post, though is... and his claim is just loony. Surely you are not
going to defend his claim, are you?
> You seem to live here.
>
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Snit
See: Peter Kรถhlmann shows what scum he is. Again.
And not one of the COLA "advocates" will stand up to say it. Not one.
And then they wonder why it is so easy to see how they act as a herd.
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Snit
88cf3cdf-b604-4aed...@hb5g2000vbb.googlegroups.com on 8/27/11
1:12 PM:
Of course there is no evidence. Roy just makes things up.
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TomB
8<
> Snit, how you finance your existence? You seem to live here.
Unfortunately he does :-p
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Homer
> Windows still have darn sturdy supporters.
Not sturdy enough for HP, apparently.
Chris Ahlstrom
> Except its not. Google have made a mess of Android and its currently a
> malware infested pos. The fact its "free" and many handset mfrs can use
> it is of course a boon to its adoption figures nonetheless. Desktop
> Linux has gone pretty much nowhere unfortunately : and this despite the
> failure in part of Vista. And part to blame is the likes of Schestowitz
> telling lies and making Linux users look like a bunch of kooks.
Speaking of kooks:
Not all these things are Android's fault per se : a
combination of Google's inexperience and the greed of 3rd
parties.Motorola wanted to dump the Milestone support after only 6
months!
-- "Hadron" <id0b6r$ann$1...@news.eternal-september.org>
I boot occasionally into XP now on my Thinkpad - now for a Garmin
GPS, previously for an Android phone (which I have now - got rid of it
since 2.1 was garbage and 2.2 too slow coming and the damn thing didnt
last more than about 10 hours). And guess what? I HATE it. Why? Slow
startup, reboots etc : and all I want to do is one task and shut down
again.
-- "Hadron" <if2ffi$si3$1...@news.eternal-september.org>
As usual the late comers dilute the market, confuse the purchasers who
will all turn to the known entity : the iPad.
It is SO predictable.
None of the others are anyway near certain to last so only an idiot with
too much money to burn would risk buying them. Someone like Jed perhaps.
-- "Hadron" <ifaaf6$m3d$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, talking about Android
Why are you not using an Android phone? You seem to keep showing off
about how much you know about them.
-- "Hadron" <if2ao4$bp4$2...@news.eternal-september.org>
Terry "Telnet" Potter, the be-goggled magician and inventor of "Linux
things" has introduced his new range of Android tablets.
-- "Hadron" <ig6nmp$qeg$3...@news.eternal-september.org>
What would the "intelligent and insightful" poster chrisv know anyway? He
doesnt have an Android phone. Neither does Creepy Chris - he has some
sort of doomed Palm Pixie or something equally effeminate.
-- "Hadron", <igq0fh$3st$2...@news.eternal-september.org>
Android is a project in development. It will get better. It has to.
Give it time.
-- "Hadron" <iiap1r$vjv$3...@news.eternal-september.org>
More and more Android phone mfrs are leaving the users in the lurch only
MONTHS after they buy a new android handset.
Nothing short of scandalous.
<URL snipped>
Told you so.
-- "Hadron", http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/5d618b167a2b40fb/60e10ff555604a39
Of course you find it odd. You're a moron who hasn't got a clue. Android
2.2 on the Galaxy is terrible. Even Google acknowledge that. There is NO
comparison between the two UIs.
-- "Hadron" <iic3g5$er2$4...@news.eternal-september.org>
"the amount of major Android releases in the past 2 years suggests
something wasn't done properly" - "True Linux advocate" Hadron Quark
'The only thing to say is that clueless "advocates" think that this
flood of shit copies somehow challenges apple. It doesn't.' - "True
Linux advocate" Hadron Quark, regarding Android-based phones
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and I am convinced that we are terribly vulnerable. ... We should be
reluctant to turn back upon the frontier of this epoch. Space is indifferent
to what we do; it has no feeling, no design, no interest in whether or not
we grapple with it. But we cannot be indifferent to space, because the grand,
slow march of intelligence has brought us, in our generation, to a point
from which we can explore and understand and utilize it. To turn back now
would be to deny our history, our capabilities.
-- James A. Michener
Chris Ahlstrom
> Kari Laine wrote:
>
>> Snit, how you finance your existence? You seem to live here.
>>
>
> That one ios simple. Extremely so.
===
LOL
> Snit Michael Glasser squanders his family income. Earned by his wife.
> Instead of contributing to the income and help raising his kid, he has
> decided that trolling usenet 24/7 is much more fun for him
>
> Snot Glasser is quite simple a leech, a totally useless parasite who would
> live under the next bridge if it weren't for his wife
--
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the inclination to get on a plane, but also the time.
-- Kay Bostic
Rex Ballard
> What's the significant event to account for this?
Linux is winning and Microsoft is losing. Microsoft still controls 98% of the PC market, but Linux and UNIX controls most of the Cell phone, Tablet, and media market, as well as an increasing share of the server market.
Worse, Microsoft's PC market has been causing PC makers such as Dell, HP, and Gateway to experience huge losses. With HP's choice to get out of the Desktop and Laptop market, Acer's purchase of Gateway to rescue the brand from bankruptcy, and Lenovo's purchase of IBM's PC division, the only major US owned PC company remaining is Dell, who has had to subsidize their PC losses with profits from servers, HDTV patents, and Android tablets.
UNIX is at the heart of Apple's iPhone and iPad, as well as the BlackBerry playbook. Linux is at the heart of Android, Kindle, Nook, and Sony E-books, as well as HP's WebOS.
Most people only need one laptop, but might also have an Android phone, a Kindle, and an iPad or Android tablet. Android tablets come in both 7 and 10 inch models, giving users the option of a lower priced tablet.
Linux is also showing up in more and more HDTV systems, allowing users to browses the web and download movies from the web as well the standard cable media options. Most cable boxes are also running Linux. I recently took my car in for repairs and they had to replace two computers running embedded versions of Linux. The mechanic then told me that there were actually 5 in the car.
Nearly all GPS devices and most media payers are also powered by embedded versions of Linux or UNIX.
Meanwhile, NetBooks are on fire-sales for under $200 each, because the Windows 7 Starter is nearly useless on the low-resolution, small memory, single CPU NetBook. Ironically, Linux runs very nicely on these devices, and makes better use of the more limited resources.
Linux and UNIX have come a very long way since the days of the 8 Mips SUN Workstations and the HP-9000 workstations. Those workstations had price tags of up to $40,000 and even then were often shared with a number of X11 terminals or PCs running X11. They were primarily used for CAD/CAM, Media Production, and industrial grade investors and analysts.
So why all the trolling?
Many of the trolls in COLA have a vested interest in the continued success of Miccrosoft. They write applications based on VB, IIS, and SQL Server. They have MCSE, MSP, A+, and similar Microsoft certifications, for which they have paid for both the exam and the "cram courses" to prepare for the exams.
Ironically, most of these Linux devices use much of the same technology and programming tools as Linux servers, and the user interfaces are more like lightweight clients and web browsers.
As a result, Linux scales from the $70 "digital picture frames" and similar "appliances" up through cell phones and tablets, on up through PCs, Blade, servers, and mainframes.
Microsoft now faces competition from Linux because Linux is supported by Oracle, IBM, SAP, Java, and about 95 of the 100 largest software companies by revenue.
The only software publishers still making money from Windows are the anti-virus makers, and even they end up getting "bumped off" by Retailers hoping to make at least a little profit by selling a customer a different anti-virus package than the one that came pre-installed with the machine, such as Kasparsky.
Ironically, the only profit available from PCs these days comes from the same place where Linux FIRST started making it's profits, the support contracts. These days, you can pay $400 for a PC, and $300 for an extended warranty and replacement program, and another $100 for the anti-virus package.
But of course, the WinTrolls try to claim that their beloved Windows PC completely dominates the market because it controls 98% of the DHCP assigned public internet addresses. Most cell phones, tablets, and cable companies provide access through NAT firewalls that are shared with Windows devices.
> HPT
Snit
fffa0569-933e-446e...@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com on
8/27/11 4:19 PM:
With all the good news about Linux and Unix, why do the COLA "advocates"
feel the need to troll so much? The question has not been answered; at
least not above.
They are insecure and fearful... often even paranoid. Why?
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Rex Ballard
Most of the US PC makers have been losing their shirts in the PC market. E-Machines and Gateway were on the verge of bankruptcy before they were purchased in corporate take-overs. IBM sold off it's PC division to Lenovo, and the result was a dramatic improvement in IBM's profitability. HP is considering a similar move.
Since the release of Vista, PC makers have planned and built their machine for a target price of about $1,000 which would give them a modest margin of around 20%. However, corporate and retail customers have rejected both Vista and Windows 7, extending their refresh rates from 2 years to as much as 5 years, to reduce the number of Windows 7 licenses they have to pay for and maintain. Many companies have agreed to keep/maintain their Windows licenses on the condition that they can use their existing licenses for Windows 7 professional corporate installs on PCs shipped with Windows 7 (Home or Professional).
Microsoft claims the entire inventory of Windows licenses as Windows 7 but examination of the actual deployment metrics indicates that most coporations are holding on to Windows XP and hoping for an alternative to Microsoft - such as a Linux flavor for PCs that's similar to what Android is for Tablets (Chromium?).
Many companies are also making it as easy as possible to install ANY Linux distribution from a DVD or USB memory stick. Most corporations to Linux testing before they purchase machines, and machines that don't run Linux effortlessly don't even make the first cut.
Retail customers interested in running Linux can test the PCs by rebooting them with the Linux on Memory stick. If a machine fails to run the basic distribution - it doesn't even make the cut.
As a result, PCs that are "Linux Ready" are selling for $600-$800 and high resolution displays and extra memory push the price into $1200 to $1500. On the other hand, "Linux Hostile" machines are often sold in bulk at stores like Best Buy for $399 to $450 each.
Ironically, customers who want a "High End Linux" system often order directly from the manufacturer via their web site. This way they can get the Full-HD (1900x1200) display, the i7 processor, 8 gig of RAM, and a full replacement program. They often also get bigger and faster hard drives, such as the Momentus XT hybrid hard drives. The two things Linux users DON'T purchase are the extended "Support Plan" (which only provides Windows support), and Microsoft Office 2010.
Snit
8/27/11 4:36 PM:
> It's hard to argue with the numbers.
>
> Most of the US PC makers have been losing their shirts in the PC market.
Other than Apple, yes. Apple has been doing very well.
> E-Machines and Gateway were on the verge of bankruptcy before they were
> purchased in corporate take-overs. IBM sold off it's PC division to Lenovo,
> and the result was a dramatic improvement in IBM's profitability. HP is
> considering a similar move.
>
> Since the release of Vista, PC makers have planned and built their machine for
> a target price of about $1,000 which would give them a modest margin of around
> 20%. However, corporate and retail customers have rejected both Vista and
> Windows 7, extending their refresh rates from 2 years to as much as 5 years,
> to reduce the number of Windows 7 licenses they have to pay for and maintain.
Windows 7 has been selling well. Much better than Vista.
> Many companies have agreed to keep/maintain their Windows licenses on the
> condition that they can use their existing licenses for Windows 7 professional
> corporate installs on PCs shipped with Windows 7 (Home or Professional).
>
> Microsoft claims the entire inventory of Windows licenses as Windows 7 but
> examination of the actual deployment metrics indicates that most coporations
> are holding on to Windows XP and hoping for an alternative to Microsoft - such
> as a Linux flavor for PCs that's similar to what Android is for Tablets
> (Chromium?).
Interesting that you say they are hoping for an alternative. Many in COLA
say one already exists.
> Many companies are also making it as easy as possible to install ANY Linux
> distribution from a DVD or USB memory stick. Most corporations to Linux
> testing before they purchase machines, and machines that don't run Linux
> effortlessly don't even make the first cut.
What companies? Can you back this?
> Retail customers interested in running Linux can test the PCs by rebooting
> them with the Linux on Memory stick. If a machine fails to run the basic
> distribution - it doesn't even make the cut.
But who does this?
> As a result, PCs that are "Linux Ready" are selling for $600-$800 and high
> resolution displays and extra memory push the price into $1200 to $1500. On
> the other hand, "Linux Hostile" machines are often sold in bulk at stores like
> Best Buy for $399 to $450 each.
So using Linux will cost you much more than using Windows... as much or more
than using OS X. Interesting.
> Ironically, customers who want a "High End Linux" system often order directly
> from the manufacturer via their web site. This way they can get the Full-HD
> (1900x1200) display, the i7 processor, 8 gig of RAM, and a full replacement
> program. They often also get bigger and faster hard drives, such as the
> Momentus XT hybrid hard drives. The two things Linux users DON'T purchase are
> the extended "Support Plan" (which only provides Windows support), and
> Microsoft Office 2010.
Support plans also cover hardware.
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I've got one of the first netbooks, ASUS EeePC 4G Surf with 7" screen and
4 GB SSD. Under Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) it is a sweet compact travel
agent. I don't need a cumbersome laptop and it can be run unplugged from
its power supply for a long time, making it ideal for outdoors and on the
run use.
> Linux and UNIX have come a very long way since the days of the 8 Mips
> SUN Workstations and the HP-9000 workstations. Those workstations had
> price tags of up to $40,000 and even then were often shared with a
> number of X11 terminals or PCs running X11. They were primarily used
> for CAD/CAM, Media Production, and industrial grade investors and
> analysts.
Yes, I remember those days. We'd hook in a couple VT-100 terminals to
those workstations, so one could work the office automation stuff that
Sun bundled with those. We were using the Sun's for CAD work.
You explanation Rex holds a lot of food for thought logically into why
the trolling is so thick in COLA recently.
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Hadron
> It's hard to argue with the numbers.
>
So provide some Rexxford. And do include the record MS and Apple
profits.
The numbers YOU should be confirmed is the total an utter mayhem in the
Android tablet world where "choice" will ensure a lot of companies get
wiped out as they fail to attract enough paying customers.
Telling lies and making things up is no way to go through life son.
bbgruff
> With all the good news about Linux and Unix, why do the COLA "advocates"
> feel the need to troll so much?
Now *there* is a question.
Unfortunately (for you!) I read this week's posting statistics from Tom
before I came to the above....
Snit
> On Sunday 28 August 2011 00:32 Snit wrote:
>
>> With all the good news about Linux and Unix, why do the COLA "advocates"
>> feel the need to troll so much?
>
> Now *there* is a question.
Do you have an answer?
> Unfortunately (for you!) I read this week's posting statistics from Tom
> before I came to the above....
>
That is not relevant.
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