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Shadetree, Is it a coincidence you parrot the Microsoft party line?
From http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/1357229&tid=109&tid=4&tid=106

Posted by Cliff on Fri Feb 11, '05 09:34 AM
from the break-out-the-abacus dept.
MerlinTheGreen asks: "I read a recent interview with Microsoft's Nick McGrath in which he claimed, 'There a myth in the market that there are hundreds of thousands of people writing code for the Linux kernel. This is not the case; the number is hundreds, not thousands.' This annoyed me a little as it perpetuates the idea it is Linux rather than the distribution that, in Microsoft-speak, would represent the value proposition. Recognizing that it's the distro that really counts, I wondered how many people were involved in mine. My answer is that, for FC3, I found 16921 unique e-mail address just by running a simple script over /usr/share/doc.

Over 15,000 people collaborating is one of the reasons why Linux "Zealots" do not have the Microsoft corporate agenda which you consistently show.

Again, I ask you - if your car was faulty, and you knew it, would you go on a list and make excuses for the manufacturer, all the time belittling anyone who didn't drive the same car as you? Again I ask you, would you knowingly buy foof highly prone to virus and worms, and then defend hotly the manufacturers, belittling anyone who did not also buy the same mouldy food as you do?
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HAHA, those Windows Clowns are at it again!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/14/05
No where does it state what OS is affected.  ShadeTree | 03/14/05
It's obvious unless you've been living under a rock  voska | 03/14/05
they did mention diablo 2...  linuxoverwindows | 03/15/05
LOL.. and you are funny for not thinking it's Win32! (NT)  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/14/05
a little proof to add to the mix  voska | 03/14/05
Again Supposition  ShadeTree | 03/14/05
Sometimes reasoning is futile, Shady!  Hugh Jass | 03/14/05
So much for reasoning.  CobraA1 | 03/14/05
a little research goes a long way shade  Monkey_MCSE | 03/15/05
Common sense Mr. Tree, Common sense  voska | 03/15/05
Well..  Patrick Jones | 03/14/05
RTF report  Richard Flude | 03/14/05
Shhh!  ShadeTree | 03/15/05
Talk about assumptions..  Patrick Jones | 03/15/05
i didnt need to read it to know they were talking about windows...  linuxoverwindows | 03/15/05
I like shinning a flashlight on ignorance (NT)  voska | 03/15/05
Trying to save face are you?  voska | 03/15/05
Post after post without a response in between?  ShadeTree | 03/15/05
Take THAT Shadester!  Jeff Spicoli | 03/15/05
The usual predictable flurry of auto-denial from the MS apologists  whisperycat | 03/15/05
ooops, typo - $60 Million, not $60 Billion!  whisperycat | 03/15/05
The Burst story  Roger Ramjet | 03/15/05
Yes, it was, you are right.  whisperycat | 03/15/05
yup...  jdahs@... | 03/15/05
A couple corrections  ShadeTree | 03/15/05
Shadetree, Is it a coincidence you parrot the Microsoft party line?  whisperycat | 03/15/05
No, If His Car Was Faulty  itanalyst | 03/15/05
analogies  linuxoverwindows | 03/15/05
Twisting the facts huh Jellyclock.  ShadeTree | 03/15/05
And kind regards to all you non windows users  FilledOut | 03/15/05
Tree Hugger  Chad_z | 03/15/05
Well, fortunately, I learned to properly admin  FilledOut | 03/15/05
hush  linuxoverwindows | 03/15/05
Well, time to get them to switch  FilledOut | 03/15/05
Guys like you fail in sales  osreinstall | 03/15/05
It is not  michael-t | 03/16/05

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