Linonut wrote:

> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325779,00.asp

Asus seems to be doing very well for itself indeed, particularly in Europe:-

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07...uro_pc_market/

"Asus saw its share of the European PC market more than double in Q2, and it's
all thanks to the Eee PC."

"So show figures from market watcher IDC. In Q2 2007, Asus' share of the PC
market was a mere 2.8 per cent. One year on, that figure had risen to six per
cent."

"Its shipments rocketed from 497,000 units to 1.315m."

"Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
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> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 21 July 2008 15:02 : \____
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>> Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325779,00.asp
>>
>> Asus seems to be doing very well for itself indeed, particularly in
>> Europe:-
>>
>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07...uro_pc_market/
>>
>> "Asus saw its share of the European PC market more than double in Q2, and
>> it's all thanks to the Eee PC."
>>
>> "So show figures from market watcher IDC. In Q2 2007, Asus' share of the
>> PC
>> market was a mere 2.8 per cent. One year on, that figure had risen to six
>> per
>> cent."
>>
>> "Its shipments rocketed from 497,000 units to 1.315m."
>
> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux integrated in
> the
> coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot delete Linux. It's there
> as 'part of the hardware'. :-)

But according to ****-face liars like you Microsoft controls these companies
and secret deals forbid linux from going anywhere near a computer. So one
day Microsoft forbids OEM's from selling linux but the very next day linux
is going to be 'part of the hardware' - so which is it?


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> Linonut wrote:
>
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325779,00.asp
>
> Asus seems to be doing very well for itself indeed, particularly in Europe:-
>
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07...uro_pc_market/
>
> "Asus saw its share of the European PC market more than double in Q2, and
> it's all thanks to the Eee PC."
>
> "So show figures from market watcher IDC. In Q2 2007, Asus' share of the PC
> market was a mere 2.8 per cent. One year on, that figure had risen to six per
> cent."
>
> "Its shipments rocketed from 497,000 units to 1.315m."

They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux integrated in the
coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot delete Linux. It's there
as 'part of the hardware'. :-)

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:41:30 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:

> "Roy Schestowitz" wrote in message
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>> ____/ bbgruff on Monday 21 July 2008 15:02 : \____
>>
>>> Linonut wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2325779,00.asp
>>>
>>> Asus seems to be doing very well for itself indeed, particularly in
>>> Europe:-
>>>
>>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07...uro_pc_market/
>>>
>>> "Asus saw its share of the European PC market more than double in Q2, and
>>> it's all thanks to the Eee PC."
>>>
>>> "So show figures from market watcher IDC. In Q2 2007, Asus' share of the
>>> PC
>>> market was a mere 2.8 per cent. One year on, that figure had risen to six
>>> per
>>> cent."
>>>
>>> "Its shipments rocketed from 497,000 units to 1.315m."
>>
>> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux integrated in
>> the
>> coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot delete Linux. It's there
>> as 'part of the hardware'. :-)
>
> But according to ****-face liars like you Microsoft controls these companies
> and secret deals forbid linux from going anywhere near a computer. So one
> day Microsoft forbids OEM's from selling linux but the very next day linux
> is going to be 'part of the hardware' - so which is it?

It's whatever fits their lame arguments at the moment.
It's like a bunch of middle aged housewives at a TupperWare party.




--
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Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around a fiery
> barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink slip.
>
> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight. Microsoft is getting
> more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its ecosystem that
> gradually slips away).
>


The man is delusional One chap named Roy Schestowitz is posting
drunkenly and insanely to the NG, and he has all of you sheep in his hands.

All good little sheep listen to their sheepherder.

* Roy S. Schestowitz (fake) peremptorily fired off this memo:



Idiot.

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Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around
> a fiery barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink
> slip.

How would that ever happen, since none of us work for, or have ever worked
for, Microsoft?



> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight.

That's a function of more people trying the slopware.

And point those sites out - I'm always looking for a few chuckles.

This one is damn funny! http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lunix



> Microsoft is
> getting more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its
> ecosystem that gradually slips away).

blah blah blah... 10 years of the same stupid lines by the same stupid
MS-haters.

Meanwhile:

* MS just had another record year of revenue.

* Vista market share is rising rapidly - about 1% per month since general
availability.

* Office 2007 is an absolute monster success

* No companies are switching to Macs or Linux (cue a goon who found a
12-seat company that went with Linux)

* Mac is doing well in certain laptop markets

* Linux? Munich migration: delayed 3 more years - likely will never finish

* Linux? Vienna migration: switched to Vista/Office 2007

* Linux? Finished the first half of 2008 with well under 1% marketshare,
despite being free its entire life.

"DFS" writes:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around
>> a fiery barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink
>> slip.
>
> How would that ever happen, since none of us work for, or have ever worked
> for, Microsoft?
>
>
>
>> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight.
>
> That's a function of more people trying the slopware.
>
> And point those sites out - I'm always looking for a few chuckles.
>
> This one is damn funny! http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lunix

It's funny because its true!

,----
| Lunix, like the Macintosh, attracts legions of fanboys. These
| penguinistas form communities that are irresistible to trolls. Though
| especially rabid on defense, penguinistas can rarely give it as good as
| they take it. Lunix trolls, in the guise of advocacy, often go to other
| communities to evangelize about Lunix on the slimmest pretense. Unlike
| most drama, the flame wars between OS advocates aren't entertaining.
`----

LOL, love the sig!


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Williams' character on Mork & Mindy"
-- Rex Ballard in comp.os.linux.advocacy

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux
> integrated in the coming year, IIRC.

How is that possible? According to cola idiots, Microsoft controls the OEMs
and would never allow them to sell systems with Asus-Linux mobos in them.
So who is Asus going to sell to?

Damned if I'm not confused, Spamowitz. Maybe you can clarify the lame
idiocy spewed by cola lusers for years...




> And no... Windows fans cannot
> delete Linux. It's there as 'part of the hardware'. :-)

Asus will be passing along the cost to the OEMs, and then to the consumer.
Sounds like a "Linux tax".

Can I cry and whine for the next 10 years like the Linux "community" has for
the last 10?

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:11:15 -0400, Roy S. Schestowitz wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around a
>> fiery barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink
>> slip.
>>
>> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight. Microsoft is
>> getting more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its
>> ecosystem that gradually slips away).
>>
>>
>
> The man is delusional One chap named Roy Schestowitz is posting
> drunkenly and insanely to the NG, and he has all of you sheep in his
> hands.
>
> All good little sheep listen to their sheepherder.

To you? The head sheep? Tell me, do you hear the zipper when Ballmer
wants to have his way with you?

*plonk* you faker.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:28:53 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around
>> a fiery barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink
>> slip.
>
> How would that ever happen, since none of us work for, or have ever worked
> for, Microsoft?
>
>
>
>> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight.
>
> That's a function of more people trying the slopware.
>
> And point those sites out - I'm always looking for a few chuckles.
>
> This one is damn funny! http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lunix
>
>
>
>> Microsoft is
>> getting more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its
>> ecosystem that gradually slips away).
>
> blah blah blah... 10 years of the same stupid lines by the same stupid
> MS-haters.
>
> Meanwhile:
>
> * MS just had another record year of revenue.
>
> * Vista market share is rising rapidly - about 1% per month since general
> availability.
>
> * Office 2007 is an absolute monster success
>
> * No companies are switching to Macs or Linux (cue a goon who found a
> 12-seat company that went with Linux)
>
> * Mac is doing well in certain laptop markets
>
> * Linux? Munich migration: delayed 3 more years - likely will never finish
>
> * Linux? Vienna migration: switched to Vista/Office 2007
>
> * Linux? Finished the first half of 2008 with well under 1% marketshare,
> despite being free its entire life.

That's exactly what is happening.

Back a few years ago when a person would venture into a Linux group and ask
for help with a problem, or spew out their frustration with Linux, the
Linux loons would deny that the problem existed.

These days with more people trying Linux, the problems are coming out and
the Linux loons can no longer deny that these problems exist, although they
still try.

The evidence is overwhelming.


That site is hysterical BTW!!!!

Here it is again:

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Lunix



--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:53:36 -0400, DFS wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux
>> integrated in the coming year, IIRC.
>
> How is that possible? According to cola idiots, Microsoft controls the OEMs
> and would never allow them to sell systems with Asus-Linux mobos in them.
> So who is Asus going to sell to?
>
> Damned if I'm not confused, Spamowitz. Maybe you can clarify the lame
> idiocy spewed by cola lusers for years...
>
>
>
>
>> And no... Windows fans cannot
>> delete Linux. It's there as 'part of the hardware'. :-)
>
> Asus will be passing along the cost to the OEMs, and then to the consumer.
> Sounds like a "Linux tax".
>
> Can I cry and whine for the next 10 years like the Linux "community" has for
> the last 10?

Watch for the Linux feature to quietly drop out of site as Asus dumps it
due to lack of interest.
I actually think it's a good idea though because component parts are these
days targeted at geeks and geeks like Linux so it's a good match...

For average Joe it doesn't pay to build anymore and really the only
argument for building a system from scratch is the ability to pick higher
quality components.

--
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Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

> Just in case you didn't know, Microsoft has produced more millionaire
> employees than any other company in history at least last time I checked.
>

Yeah... and hence the sub-prime credit crisis US got now...

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:17:00 GMT, alt wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:11:15 -0400, Roy S. Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>> I can almost visualise it. 4 chaps with bottles of rum sitting around a
>>> fiery barrel in the streets after Microsoft had given them the pink
>>> slip.
>>>
>>> There's a clear rise in anti-Linux sites, so sit tight. Microsoft is
>>> getting more aggressive as a function of anxiety (for itself and its
>>> ecosystem that gradually slips away).
>>>
>>>
>>
>> The man is delusional One chap named Roy Schestowitz is posting
>> drunkenly and insanely to the NG, and he has all of you sheep in his
>> hands.
>>
>> All good little sheep listen to their sheepherder.
>
> To you? The head sheep? Tell me, do you hear the zipper when Ballmer
> wants to have his way with you?
>
> *plonk* you faker.

What is it with Linux advocates and their apparent obsession with sheep,
zippers and barn yards, Donovan?

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux
> integrated in the coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot
> delete Linux. It's there as 'part of the hardware'. :-)

That's quite a turnaround from the bad ol' days of Microsoft trying to
"own" the BIOS, and their subsequent aspirations of using the Fritz chip
to lock out other platforms.

Windows: Powered by Linux

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| armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos
| neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate
| technology, led them into it in the first place." ~ Douglas Adams
`----

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15:02:56 up 214 days, 11:38, 3 users, load average: 0.32, 0.28, 0.28

Homer wrote:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> They'll deliver over 12 million motherboards with GNU/Linux
>> integrated in the coming year, IIRC. And no... Windows fans cannot
>> delete Linux. It's there as 'part of the hardware'. :-)
>
> That's quite a turnaround from the bad ol' days of Microsoft trying to
> "own" the BIOS, and their subsequent aspirations of using the Fritz chip
> to lock out other platforms.
>
> Windows: Powered by Linux
>

What's great is that this won't get anti-competitive litigation the same
way Microsoft's acts did. Not unless their doing this kind of thing
destroys Windows almost completely.

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:57:47 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:

>> Just in case you didn't know, Microsoft has produced more millionaire
>> employees than any other company in history at least last time I checked.
>>
>
> Yeah... and hence the sub-prime credit crisis US got now...

Greedy bankers offering mortgages to people who did not, could not and
should not have been approved in the first place.

--
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Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:57:47 +0800, Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) wrote:
>
>>> Just in case you didn't know, Microsoft has produced more millionaire
>>> employees than any other company in history at least last time I checked.
>>>
>> Yeah... and hence the sub-prime credit crisis US got now...
>
> Greedy bankers offering mortgages to people who did not, could not and
> should not have been approved in the first place.
>

And then getting their comeuppance when they can't pay back.

* Moshe Goldfarb. peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Just in case you didn't know, Microsoft has produced more millionaire
> employees than any other company in history at least last time I checked.

Big deal. So has the Colombian drug cartel.

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