[IncPen]

I believe it's his job. Look at his posting history. He doesn't post anything but pro-MS/anti-OSS. Can you imagine how much it would drive you crazy to have to astroturf for MS? I shudder to think of it.

Yes, there's that...

But with everything going on in the world... even without September 11th... the notion that anyone would hang around a forum like this and spout off about which flavor of software to use exposes a serious character defect.

It's absolutely moronic.

[antiRepublicrat]

the notion that anyone would hang around a forum like this and spout off about which flavor of software to use exposes a serious character defect.

There's the deeper issue of proprietary vs. open source software, which affects they way that businesses can run, how open your government will be and how it will use your tax dollars. For example, the Navy is getting 300,000 seats of Windows/Office in a contract with EDS. If the total seat licensing is, say, $200 (really cheap estimate, and not counting Software Assurance three years down the road), that's $60 million of your tax dollars gone bye-bye that could have otherwise been saved.

[Bush2000]

But with everything going on in the world... even without September 11th... the notion that anyone would hang around a forum like this and spout off about which flavor of software to use exposes a serious character defect.

The thing that cracks me up about you guys is how ridiculously delusional you are: If anybody posts about Windows, it's "a serious character defect." And conversely, if they post about Linux, they walk on water. Get a clue. Everybody has their preferences, and talking about them -- whether you agree or not -- is a reasonable exercise of free speech rights. Don't like it? Don't read the thread. Nobody forces anybody's sorry butt to be here.