one thing i find anoying is

[Michael M.]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, 03 May 2006 20:26:08 -0700
> "Michael M." <nixlists at writemoore.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> So I say lets take a stand and start promoting linux, and start
>>     
>>> giving the compition a run for there money.
>>>
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>> It will never happen. Linux is dangerous and subversive and needs to be 
>> stopped. Tristan at ShellytheRepublican.com tells it like is!:
>>
>> http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html
>>     
>
> Yes, i read that URL a few days ago. One of the most successful and funny
> trolls I've seen for quite a while.
>
> For the humour impaired: it's a joke, as following a few links will
> rapidly show you, if it wasn't obvious to you on first reading.
>
> Nice try though, Michael ;-)
>
> Peter
>
>
>   

I especially like Tristan's follow-up post "Linux and Windows Compared: 
The Facts," which riffs on Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign:

http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/05/linux-and-windows-compared-facts.html

Especially the bits where he touts the virtues of ActiveX, Bonzai Buddy 
and Comet-Cursor ("it was gratifying that the makers of Windows software 
have the freedom to innovate") and when he describes his impressions of 
#linux on IRC ("some sort of pick-up venue").

Really, this guy gives Stephen Colbert a run for his money!


-- 
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson