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Lorax7844 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:29 AM Original message |
Microsoft 'indoctrinates' Best Buy workers with anti-Linux 'lies' |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Linux causes anal leakage and fecal urgency |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They have medications available for people who hear things... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Right, and they also have wheelchairs for people who cannot walk. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. They do, but I was trying to be sarcastic in response to his sarcasm. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Consider that some of us don't consider that kind of sarcasm in good taste. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Against an open source product most haven't heard of? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. Microsoft .. |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I love Microsoft. Big companies are always hated by liberals. Execpt me I guess. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. More than likely.. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I did opt to try a little education... Here's some more: The DirectX 10 bait'n'switch |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Ever bother to consider why they might not be likd? Or is that beyond your comprehension? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Apple is a big company. I like Apple. I also like Warner Bros, Holmes, and Intel. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. You don't get to 90% market share by playing fair |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. How many times has your stock split? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. People that go into Best Lies don't have a clue about Linux |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Nothing. They're paranoid beyond all reason. (So if Win7 is so great, why would they be? At all??) |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Actually Win7 is pretty good. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Actually, Dell has been selling Ubuntu systems for a while now |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I'll concur with your opinion of Windows 7 |
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Zech Marquis The 2nd (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. it's part of the "ExpertZone" program for retailers |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. M$ = FAIL |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
16. Isn't this basically how companies market their product |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. What, MS can't let W7 stand on it's own merits? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. So employees at apple store routinely advise customers on the cons of owning an mac? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
20. I recently got an HP Mini running HP's MI (Linux) and it blows the hell out of M$ systems! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. I've toyed with Unix and Linux since the beginning. They aren't, IMNSHO, |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Ditto Linux just doesn't cut it for a workstation. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. Most comp users are way too lame to ever put together a good open source box. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. There is no viable open source alternative to Map Point. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yeah, and a lot of assholes don't perform surgery on themselves for the same reason |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. No need to sound like a proud asshole corporate winsux user either |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Just responding in kind |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Most people have little time to learn command line prompts and read documentation. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Linux based operating systems power many of the netbooks on the market today |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
32. Who speaks to BB salespeople, you order online for store pickup, walk in, pay, walk out |
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