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I use linux because I can afford it. I guess you can call me a zealot because I do not like the fact that if I want to watch video on some websights I have to buy xp just so I can run windows media 10. I have 98 and 2000 and I do not like being forced to buy xp just for a stupit websight (if I cannot use linux browsers to visit a websight then I do not visit those websights).

This does not just affect linux users but many loyal windows users that may not be able to afford to upgrade to a new operating system every time MS decides to stop supporting their older stuff.

It's all about the money (competition is just a sub catagory). Companies and people's opinions are based on how they can get more money from others.

This brings up the question: What is you condescending negative campain trying to promote? There is obviously big money in religious zealotry also or the big boys would not be spending so much time and money in open source.
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Funny to watch them trying to be cool, pretend they actually like Linux.  DonnieBoy | 04/05/06
Funny, a paraphrase of that quote was used..  Code Poet | 04/05/06
Only a fool would open his arms up to ...........  Can you hear me | 04/05/06
Satan  dwest_z | 04/06/06
You often want MS to play fair or such  Boot_Agnostic | 04/06/06
Only the worst sort of zealot would make that post.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/06/06
Sure, MS and IBM and MS and others have worked together ...  Judas I. | 04/06/06
Gee, you should have heard what they called OS/2.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/06/06
And it wasn't as an entire company POLICY either, Axey!  Judas I. | 04/06/06
You must be talking about before the breakup. happy  rsteiner@... | 04/06/06
OS/2 Warp 4  nomorems | 04/06/06
It is only about money...  osreinstall | 04/06/06
It's about the money  rodney@... | 04/06/06
Well DUH, of course it's about the money.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/06/06
No Ax to Grind? -- NOT!  rodney@... | 04/06/06
ZEALOTS, Join a Cult...DEBIAN  rodney@... | 04/06/06
Pot, kettle, black...  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
Hehehe "working together" for the welfare of mankind etc.  michael_t | 04/06/06
Well, here you miss the point you so ofter make...  John Zern | 04/06/06
I guess it's only funny to you.  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
How nice  D. T. Schmitz | 04/05/06
To millions of non-zealots it is.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/06/06
Take a break  D. T. Schmitz | 04/06/06
Customer uptake in the ###millions###?  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
Do NOT go through the doors.....  shawkins | 04/06/06
nice  Scott W | 04/06/06
I smell a Xenix return.  Mr. Roboto | 04/05/06
i'll give them a benefit of the doubt for once  Monkey_MCSE | 04/05/06
Depends on where it comes from  RJCorfield | 04/06/06
They can't afford to get caught!  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
I have to dispute a couple of points  sjpatrick | 04/07/06
Your raise good points  Still Lynn | 04/07/06
Well at least...  sjpatrick | 04/07/06
Seriously  spinits | 04/06/06
SUSE Linux  bportlock | 04/06/06
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I haven't figured it out yet either ...  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
LOL!  Still Lynn | 04/06/06
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What's next - taking over Fedora?  archerjoe | 04/06/06
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Fraudian Slip...  osreinstall | 04/06/06
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Huh??? Didn't MS just up the anti-Linux FUD on their "Get the FUD" site ???  Plain Logic | 04/06/06
Microsoft opening it's doors to Linux  Michael Franks | 04/07/06
Or get Linux, Unix, BSD, et al.  AZflyman | 04/07/06
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Know thine enemy ...  mwagner@... | 04/07/06
Uninteresting site  Anti_Zealot | 04/09/06
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