Re: [OS:N:] Re: [yhslug] Microsoft's Linux Survey makes the news

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Kevin Cole wrote:

all I get is redirected and redirected until my redirection limit is
reached..never accessed either one.


Bob
> I'm forwarding my response to a Yorktown High School LUG posting:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 09:25:59AM -0500, relph@ibiblio.org wrote:
> > I'm not sure if you guys saw this on Slashdot over the weekend or not, but
> > check it out:
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/21/1655257&mode=thread&tid=106&tid=109&tid=185&tid=187
> 
> As at least a couple of Slashdot users have said, I'm suspicious of
> their motives.  In particular the question on the survey regarding
> "improvements you'd like to see in Linux".  While there certainly are
> some, I see answering that question as just giving Microsoft
> ammunition for further FUD.  (And since we now have a wolf in the
> fold, I decided not to send this to the entire YHSLUG list.)  They
> don't need a survey.  All they need to do is LOOK AROUND THEM.
> There's no secret to why Linux users prefer Linux.  (Heck, Microsoft
> could ask their own in-house developers and probably get a good
> answer.)
> 

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