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Philanthropist, My Ass
DavidB:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_zealotry
Interesting...their list of the most common types of computer zealots curiously omits Microsoft whores. And when I recently tried to edit a couple Wikipedia articles about Microsoft and Bill Gates, my additions/corrections were quickly deleted.
But I'd better not speculate that Microsoft has infiltrated Wikipedia, too, lest I be branded a - *GASP* - conspiracy theorist.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: DavidB ---http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_zealotry
Interesting...their list of the most common types of computer zealots curiously omits Microsoft whores. And when I recently tried to edit a couple Wikipedia articles about Microsoft and Bill Gates, my additions/corrections were quickly deleted.
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Wikipedia doesn't include not-founded facts, especially when you didn't discuss them first.
DavidB:
--- Quote from: Refalm ---Wikipedia doesn't include not-founded facts, especially when you didn't discuss them first.
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I didn't post UNFOUNDED facts. In the meantime, a little additional investigation brought to light several Wikipedia articles that curiously dumped on the open source movement while ignoring Microsoft. Very strange.
Aloone_Jonez:
How about posting it here first, then we can judge for ourselves?
DavidB:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---How about posting it here first, then we can judge for ourselves?
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Read Wikipedia's articles "Bill Gates" and "Microsoft." They include some token criticisms but are overwhelmingly positive, as if they were written by Mary Jane Foley herself. I can't remember everything I wrote, but I mentioned the "sweetheart deal" (to put it politely) Bill Gates got for the new headquarters for his "philanthropy." I mentioned "Microsoft Auditorium" in the Seattle PUBLIC Library as an example of questionable influence and advertising masquerading as philanthropy.
I mentioned that many critics question Bill Gates' role in public education and the fact that his father is the GATES in the Seattle lobby/law firm Preston, Gates & Ellis.
I believe I mentioned the SCO affair and the fact that Seattle's economic and social life has actually declined under Microsoft. I mentioned these things and more in several posts, all of which were deleted. Everything I posted was either an easily verifiable fact (some accompanied by links to MAINSTREAM media articles) or popular opinion supported by facts. (And please don't tell me Wikipedia doesn't publish opinion until you read their articles about Bill Gates and Microsoft.)
You might also check out their article on "Computer Zealotry" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_zealotry The author completely forgot to mention Microsoft zealots (popularly known as Microsofties, Microsoft whores and other choice names).
Microsoft also gets a free ride on the article "Operating System Advocacy" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system_advocacy Notice the links at the end of the article. They begin with "Evengelism: A Unix Bigot and Linux Advocate's Spewings" and "Bad Linux Advocacy FAQ."
Yup, there's little evidence to suggest that Wikipedia any more manipulated by Microsoft than are most of the alternative media, the Washington Post, Slashdot and on and on, is there?
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