Article View: uk.comp.os.linux
Article #812Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty
From: Donovan Rebbechi
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 00:00
18 lines
1925 bytes
1925 bytes
On 10 Apr 2000 13:58:50 GMT, Mark S. Bilk wrote: >Other than his figures on Linux usage and its growth (which >he has explained are estimates, and discussed their basis), >and occasional misremembering of exactly who did a particular >thing (which, in any case, was done) would you please give >some examples of major, important assertions by Ballard which >you have shown to be false? When estimating the costs of installing NT at a school, he included "consultants" fees of $200- per hour for *uinstallation*. Talk about rubbery figures. The guy makes some good points from time to time, but his "statistics" are completely fictitious. -- Donovan
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<slrn8f3o8i.bil.elflord@panix.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<slrn8eii76.29b.philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> <Bb3I4.14040$06.63638@wards> <8csk5o$u8s$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <slrn8f3le8.jit.cbbrowne@knuth.brownes.org> <8csmmq$uie$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1125fa,416ad9dfdbe1f354 X-Google-Attributes: gid1125fa,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 10b427,416ad9dfdbe1f354 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b427,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,597fd1e0867b4fcd X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public From: elflord@panix.com (Donovan Rebbechi) Subject: Re: Microsoft Uses NDAs To Cripple Competitors (was: Guilty, 'til proven guilty Date: 2000/04/10 Message-ID: <slrn8f3o8i.bil.elflord@panix.com> X-Deja-AN: 609107474 References: <slrn8eii76.29b.philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> <Bb3I4.14040$06.63638@wards> <8csk5o$u8s$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net> <slrn8f3le8.jit.cbbrowne@knuth.brownes.org> <8csmmq$uie$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 955375892 17011 166.84.0.226 (10 Apr 2000 14:11:32 GMT) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX) NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Apr 2000 14:11:32 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft