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« on: 12 December 2002, 23:57 »
Hi All,

I can't believe the piece of crap literature I just got from my good friends at Microsoft   :D  

They're inviting *me* (at no cost) to their "Microsoft Technology Open Door Forum."  I would get breakfast and lunch and am entered in some sort of a raffle thing.  The topics are really great... things like "Business Productivity in the Digital Age," "Enterprise Project Management," ".NET Systems Strategy," "Reducing Costs through a Lean Infrastructure," and etc., ad nauseum.  I almost have half a mind to borrow my buddy's Red Hat laptop and show up   :D  

I just hope that this color brochure they sent me cost them plenty.  Hell, they even mailed it 1st class!  What a bunch of idiots.  And this wasn't directed to "occupant" or "administrator" or whatever, it has my correct name and title on it.

I bet the IT director here gave them my name as a joke... I keep telling him that I need a Linux box in my office and he's a pure Windroid.  Actually, he's a decent guy in all other respects, but a Windroid none the less.

Sorry for the stupid post, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Jim
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« Reply #1 on: 13 December 2002, 00:12 »
I'd go and piss off all those moronic Microsoft ass-kissers  
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« Reply #2 on: 13 December 2002, 00:22 »
yeah, put together a brochure about the pros of using linux over windows (since there are no cons of course) and about how dotnet threatens the web by proprietarising it. it would be fun...  :D
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« Reply #3 on: 13 December 2002, 00:58 »
They probably bought your name and address and occupation from some other unscrupulous company.
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« Reply #4 on: 13 December 2002, 01:04 »
Turn up and ask loads of questions, about things Linux can do but they can't. And you should turn up in a red fedora, with a Penguin on you in higly visible areas (like your T-shirt). Ask them why their TCO is lower only in reports sponsored by them.

Ask them how to completely keep a user out of the system files and still allow the comp to function properly, why there are never reports of Linux getting Virii when Windows gets clouted on a regular basis, etc..
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« Reply #5 on: 13 December 2002, 01:18 »
Somebody had signed me up for that shit. And I used to get email junk mail. I sent them a message telling them "Take my name out of your fucking database and take me off of your fucking email list and snail mail list or I will take your fucking asses to court! I will burn in hell before I would use your software!!". I actually got a very nice response stating I was removed from their database and I haven't heard from them since.  

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« Reply #6 on: 13 December 2002, 12:50 »
Don't forget to leave some of these!!  :D    :D    :D
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« Reply #7 on: 13 December 2002, 13:28 »
i would go along and get the free scran and make a lot of noise about non-microsoft software and how much more versatile/inexpensive/generally better it is.
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« Reply #8 on: 13 December 2002, 14:15 »
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Originally posted by Calum:
i would go along and get the free scran and make a lot of noise about non-microsoft software and how much more versatile/inexpensive/generally better it is.


The day i'd eat Microsoft funded food is the day i'd die.
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« Reply #9 on: 13 December 2002, 14:21 »
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Don't forget to leave some of these!!
The third card from the bottom reads: "In a world without doors or windows, what use do we have for Windows or Gates?"  :confused:  

Ooooooooooooooppppppppppppppppppppppssssssssssss!!!!
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« Reply #10 on: 13 December 2002, 15:09 »
quote:
Originally posted by jtpenrod:
[QB]The third card from the bottom reads: "In a world without doors or windows, what use do we have for Windows or Gates?"   :confused:  

Ooooooooooooooppppppppppppppppppppppssssssssssss!!!!


Yes. And...
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« Reply #11 on: 13 December 2002, 15:51 »
Go Shopping for some clothes!
http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com/store.shtml
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« Reply #12 on: 13 December 2002, 16:50 »
quote:
Originally posted by Tux:


The day i'd eat Microsoft funded food is the day i'd die.


do you think they want to get rid of you so much, they'd poison the food?
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« Reply #13 on: 13 December 2002, 19:18 »
quote:
Originally posted by Calum:


do you think they want to get rid of you so much, they'd poison the food?


They're not that stupid, I would just not do it by principle.
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« Reply #14 on: 13 December 2002, 20:07 »
why would you die then?
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