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In article <Bb3I4.14040$06.63638@wards>,
Robert Moir <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk> wrote:
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>"Christopher Smith" <drsmithy@usa.net> wrote in message
>news:8cpqvs$nio$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
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>> >
>> > 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 and the current NDAs should be rescinded.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.