If we *REALLY* wanted to play the mindgaming edge that could do it.
--- Oren Beck orenbeck@gmail.com wrote:
If we *REALLY* wanted to play the mindgaming edge that could do it.
You can transmute the points of that website into pro-Linux material that doesn't bash Microsoft:
Bashing: Vista requires hardware upgrades just to run its bloated DRM "Treacherous Computing" anti-features.
1) Linux can be run comfortably on most systems without a hardware upgrade.
Bashing: The new DRM additions allow Microsoft to restrict access to your own files and delete any software on your computer it deems "spyware."
2) It is very easy to create and control files on your Linux computer. Ubuntu Linux has an excellent package manager that makes installing software a breeze, and you will be notified by Linux before any software changes. You will have the opportunity and the option to refuse any software changes.
Bashing: When you purchase Windows Vista, you are leasing the software, not buying it. According to the lease agreement, you can only install Vista on one computer and will have to purchase a new Vista for a new computer. Sometimes "Windows Genuine Advantage" will declare a legitimate Vista installation to be an illegal installation and make your computer stop working.
3) Linux is free software. You may install one copy of Linux on several computers. No one will care if you do this.
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Oh damn if ITEC weren't during business hours, I would be there with leet BADVISTA swag!
On 9/29/07, Oren Beck orenbeck@gmail.com wrote:
If we *REALLY* wanted to play the mindgaming edge that could do it.
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There's a very good reason why the DeVry Exhibitor booth at ITEC isn't full of "l33t BADJCCC swag", and that is that DeVry would rather fill your head with good publicity about DeVry, rather than fill your head with the name "JCCC" and thus crowd out the name "DeVry."
As Microsoft has learned over the years, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Even software piracy helps them increase their market share, by making sure that people will choose Windows even when they can't afford retail Windows prices. These people then teach their children Windows rather than Linux, and when the kids grow up and get better jobs than their parents they buy retail Windows.
If we make the booth about how bad Vista is, we're just promoting Vista by making people leave our booth thinking about Vista, rather than thinking about Linux.
--- Billy Crook billycrook@gmail.com wrote:
Oh damn if ITEC weren't during business hours, I would be there with leet BADVISTA swag!
On 9/29/07, Oren Beck orenbeck@gmail.com wrote:
If we *REALLY* wanted to play the mindgaming edge
that could do it.
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I have to agree. Our ITEC exposer should be to promote Linux and open source solution, not trash talk 'doze products.
I someone feels strongly enough, they are always welcome to set up a BADvista booth. I am in the process of changing jobs so I not planning to attend. If I were going to attend, I would be wearing a BADvista shirt around the exhibit!
However, I would NOT wear any BADvista stuff anytime that I might be working the Linux booth.
Leo Mauler wrote:
There's a very good reason why the DeVry Exhibitor booth at ITEC isn't full of "l33t BADJCCC swag", and that is that DeVry would rather fill your head with good publicity about DeVry, rather than fill your head with the name "JCCC" and thus crowd out the name "DeVry."
As Microsoft has learned over the years, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Even software piracy helps them increase their market share, by making sure that people will choose Windows even when they can't afford retail Windows prices. These people then teach their children Windows rather than Linux, and when the kids grow up and get better jobs than their parents they buy retail Windows.
If we make the booth about how bad Vista is, we're just promoting Vista by making people leave our booth thinking about Vista, rather than thinking about Linux.
--- Billy Crook billycrook@gmail.com wrote:
Oh damn if ITEC weren't during business hours, I would be there with leet BADVISTA swag!
On 9/29/07, Oren Beck orenbeck@gmail.com wrote:
If we *REALLY* wanted to play the mindgaming edge
that could do it.
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