[wellylug] Microsoft At WellyLUG last night.

[Phillip Hutchings]

> * People appear to be worried that they're likely to be "converted"  
> by the
> Microsoft folks.  You're giving their marketing department far, far  
> too much
> credit.  If a knowledgeable person talking to you about Windows is  
> likely to
> convert you, then perhaps your decision to use Linux was uninformed  
> in the
> first place?  Perhaps this would've been a good opportunity to express
> *your* point of view, had you not had your heads thrust into the sand?

I completely agree, an uninformed decision is not really a decision -  
that's why we have legal minimum ages for certain actions. I choose  
what I like the most, Gentoo Linux for my servers and MacOS X for GUI.

> I'd also like to echo Chris' comment at the beginning of the thread.
> Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to have a chat to the Microsoft  
> folks at
> the meeting, but I understand quite a few people did, and  
> appreciated the
> opportunity.

Having Microsoft acknowledge Linux as a serious force was a major  
boon for Linux, it did prove that Linux could be competitive. This  
petty squabble would have damaged the reputation of Linux and its  
uses for anyone who read it. At least be nice to the competition,  
ever noticed that the most vocal sections of society are those who  
get the majority against them?

--
Phillip Hutchings
phillip.hutchings at sitharus.com


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