[Fwd: LOL]

[Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO]

What a nut.  He hasn't got a single fact right that I can see.  Do
people actually believe nuts like this?   It's not liberal or communist,
it's free software.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: kclug-bounces at kclug.org 
>On Behalf Of Jeremy Fowler
>Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:14 AM

>Almost sounds like something from Steven Colbert... Funny....
>
>
>I found that some conservative blog picked up the article:
http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-com
puters.html
>
>The comments on there are hilarious. Even Tristan himself 
>posted, funny...
>
>
>At Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:49:38 AM, Tristan Shuddery said...
>
>    Thanks for posting my article Shelley; I submitted this to 
>the mainstream IT press, but none of them wanted to know. It's 
>shocking to learn that the same liberal bias that infects 
>mainstream news-sources also affects the technical press.
>
>    Yes, Linux is a primative European clone; It is much less 
>capable than Windows. In fact it omits features that were 
>standard in Windows back in 1998; For example Linux has no 
>built-in anti-virus or anti-spyware software.
>
>    You cannot even buy popular utilities like Norton Security 
>to compensate for this fact. There are no tools for common 
>tasks like defragging a hard disk. God knows what you would 
>use to send a fax or make a website. You cannot even get Front 
>Page for Linux.
>
>    Linux is that bad; The only explaination I can think for 
>people using it is that it by-passes the protection given by 
>American companies and the Dept of Homeland Security. It 
>should be considered a terrorist program.
>
>    Tristan