[Fwd: LOL]
Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO
brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov
Tue May 2 11:20:41 CDT 2006
What a nut. He hasn't got a single fact right that I can see. Do
people actually believe nuts like this? It's not liberal or communist,
it's free software.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org
>On Behalf Of Jeremy Fowler
>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:14 AM
>Almost sounds like something from Steven Colbert... Funny....
>
>
>I found that some conservative blog picked up the article:
http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-com
puters.html
>
>The comments on there are hilarious. Even Tristan himself
>posted, funny...
>
>
>At Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:49:38 AM, Tristan Shuddery said...
>
> Thanks for posting my article Shelley; I submitted this to
>the mainstream IT press, but none of them wanted to know. It's
>shocking to learn that the same liberal bias that infects
>mainstream news-sources also affects the technical press.
>
> Yes, Linux is a primative European clone; It is much less
>capable than Windows. In fact it omits features that were
>standard in Windows back in 1998; For example Linux has no
>built-in anti-virus or anti-spyware software.
>
> You cannot even buy popular utilities like Norton Security
>to compensate for this fact. There are no tools for common
>tasks like defragging a hard disk. God knows what you would
>use to send a fax or make a website. You cannot even get Front
>Page for Linux.
>
> Linux is that bad; The only explaination I can think for
>people using it is that it by-passes the protection given by
>American companies and the Dept of Homeland Security. It
>should be considered a terrorist program.
>
> Tristan
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