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Poor, poor jellyclock
It must have appeared in the headlines because I don't typically stray beyond the front page. Besides, with 93 talkbacks, it isn't exactly like no one here saw it. Face it, you were wrong. It isn't the first time, it definitely won't be the last. A real man would say "Oops, I was wrong." Since I don't see any hint of an apology or admission of factual incorrectness... well... you do the math.

About the "report", I still don't see any suggestion that this "article" was written by a third party and then "reported" on by the register. It seems to me like it was an editorial, either posted by an editor or a theregister Linux zealot, of which there is no shortage. The suggestion that ZDNet should post editorials from other sites is as ludicrous as expecting Fox news to report on last night's Andy Rooney rant.

Sorry jellyclock2, you are an idiot and every time you post, you simply reaffirm that fact. Thanks for playing though!

PS And if you want to know why I don't address the security issues it is because I probably don't disagree with too much in that report. Windows is fundamentally less secure than Linux. However, the level of "insecureness" in Windows has been grossly exaggerated, likely to match the level of "insecureness" felt by the average Linux zealot! So scream and yell and shout about how I'm going to be infected by a virus 10 minutes after connecting to the internet. My XP SP2 running behind a hardware firewall, running as a non-administrative user account suggests otherwise.

PPS Linux = great. Linux users like you = pathetic. Any questions?
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free bear with rectal exam  V Sanders | 10/28/04
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Piracy Schmiracy  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 01/26/05
MS as the corner crack dealer:  Judas I. | 10/27/04
Prefer my free crack from OpenOffice  FilledOut | 10/27/04
Yeah Right  Richard Flude | 10/27/04
Heard of iPod?  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Why get out of the very profitable Mac buisness?  Laff | 10/28/04
Exaggerations  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Huh?  Cardinal_Bill | 10/27/04
part of the DOJ plan to fight terorism  V Sanders | 10/28/04
Not new  CobraA1 | 10/27/04
Missing the Point?  ryxr30 | 10/27/04
Hardware  IT_Critic | 10/28/04
Read the eula  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/04
EULA  IT_Critic | 10/28/04
Non-issue  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Agreed 100%  NonZealot | 10/28/04
What about OEM copies?  voska | 10/28/04
Nothing  htotten | 10/28/04
no one pirated this, no one used it  V Sanders | 10/27/04
Nope, Bill Gates said from the start IE was free.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
I remeber IE being sold in stores  voska | 10/28/04
Slick move  voska | 10/28/04
ZDnet, the Microsoft propaganda portal  whisperycat | 10/28/04
LOL. OWNED!  vdraken | 10/28/04
You owned me too!  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Has nothing to do with 'Linux FUD machine'  vdraken | 10/28/04
I feel sorry for your single brain cell  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Microsofties in a tizzy  whisperycat | 10/28/04
Poor, poor jellyclock  NonZealot | 10/28/04
That's rich, NonZealot  whisperycat | 10/28/04
Oh dear, you ARE a lost cause  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Who Sets the Rules?  htotten | 10/28/04
If he didn't..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Oh, you mean  Patrick Jones | 10/29/04
I said *yet*  d_jedi | 10/29/04
I read that report..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Oh dear, if you hated my previous replies...  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Bad links  trapper2 | 10/28/04
Uhm, no....  hawkeyeaz1 | 01/26/05
Redmondspeak  Chad_z | 10/28/04
You do that!  htotten | 10/28/04
Sounds good!  Linux_Developer | 10/28/04
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Misleading headline  James T. Kirk | 10/28/04
OH BOY!! FREE SLIDESHOW SOFTWARE!!!  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Distribution monopoly failure?  Update victim | 10/28/04
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People.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Stallman..  Patrick Jones | 10/28/04
Easy come, easy go  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
I have to disagree...  Patrick Jones | 10/29/04
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One tool fits all.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
You pose an interesting question...  JonathonDoe | 11/01/04
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Thank You ZDNet Gestapo....For Robbing My Free Speech  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Interesting approach..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
I'd Rather See This Headline  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Almost agreed.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
OS Software should be Free for Home Users  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/28/04
HELL YEAH !  Misterecs | 10/28/04
OS Software should be Free for Home Users  neverhome | 01/26/05
Microsoft is only doing what the market allows it to do.  StGeorgeA | 01/26/05
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A variety to choose from; BSD/Linux/Solaris!  JonathonDoe | 10/28/04
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Amen  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/28/04
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Indeed  tamuhockey | 10/28/04
Nicety of judgement:  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
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The reason..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Product Activation  htotten | 10/28/04
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Did you remove the serial number?  htotten | 10/28/04
Yup, same case  voska | 10/28/04
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