🚀 go-pugleaf

"Mark S. Bilk" <msb@netcom.com> wrote in message
news:8csk5o$u8s$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
> In article <Bb3I4.14040$06.63638@wards>,
> Robert Moir <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >"Christopher Smith" <drsmithy@usa.net> wrote in message
> >news:8cpqvs$nio$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> >[...]
> >> >
> >> > Rex Ballard has described how Microsoft uses non-disclosure
> >> > agreements to prevent competitors like Linux from obtaining
> >> > the details of various essential hardware and software
> >> > interfaces.  MS should be required to stop this practice,
> >> > and the current NDAs should be rescinded.
> >>
> >> Yes, but Rex has a somewhat loose grip on reality.  Why anyone would
> >> consider him a source of even remotely reliable information is beyond
> >> comprehension.
> >>
> >> His stories are usually entertaining though.
> >
> >While I think you are correct about Rex's grip on reality, trying to
explain
> >this to Mark is a bit like trying to explain to the Devil that Charles
> >Manson is a bit antisocial.
>
> Robert Moir, Christopher Smith, and Steve Sheldon (who also
> wrote an article claiming that Rex Ballard is not believable)
> are all totally biased pro-Microsoft propagandists, as can be
> seen from examining their posts in DejaNews.
>
> The reason these three are desperately trying to convince
> readers to ignore Ballard is that he provides more information
> about the coercive, fraudulent, and destructive tactics that
> Microsoft uses than anyone else posting here.
>
> As to Ballard's reliability, every time I've seen his asser-
> tions questioned, he has successfully defended them by posting
> lots of supportive evidence.

The most amazing thing about that post is you're probably typing it with a
straight face.....