I'm suprised as hell that this thread is still going....

Why would you be surprised? There are members who only log on to post in this thread!

Of course, reading about other peoples interactions with linux simply reaffirms current linux users that linux is cool and it also helps educate potential linux newbies that they will be making an excellent choice by embracing what linux has to offer and turning their backs on M$

graham

Back on topic, after seeing stories on TV about Hitler, here's what I have to say about Ballmer:

Most of Hitler's officers actually did believe that it was impossible for Germany to win the war -- but Hitler made them fear him by threatening to shoot them, using force to make them obey him. Hitler was impatient: He went to war without building sufficient weapons first. And so by the time he was trying to build sufficient weapons, World War II was over.

The same can be said about Ballmer now: Even though many top M$ executives (remember Keith Curtis?) believe deep inside that Linux actually does have the ability to overtake M$, Ballmer would fire any of them who admit it.

See the pattern?

I remember the article.

Micro$oft linux???

A true die-hard linux user would stay away from anything associated with M$. That's why I stayed away from Xandros, Linspire and Novell. All made deals with M$.

For me, anything associated with M$ will never, ever touch my hard drive.

Micro$oft and Ballmer, I mean BARFmer, can take that to the bank or their pockets.

- Cheers

Linux Rules as always!!!

Yea I do, a Glenn Beck "everyone is a Nazi" pattern or "Nazi Tourette"

More bullshit comparisons.
Well I guess nobody expected you to grow up overnight.

It is really considered bad form to compare the Nazis' or Hitler to anything in a technical forum (or otherwise) Kenny. I have no love for MS either but that is something very uncool.

Yep. I agree. Unless someone is taking over a country with the intentions of repeating what Hitler did, it doesn't compare. I'm 43 but I know a bit about what happened during Hitlers time and I don't care to much for anyone comparing anything to him or the Nazis. It pretty much shows that a person doesn't know much of anything about what he did to people.

Maybe find someone/something else to compare to.

Hi,

I believe a lot of the problem with people who compare things to Hitler/Nazi here in the USA is the manner in which we are teaching. History is more commentary then fact in most schools today as compared to earlier periods, circa 1950 through 1970. That is the period that was still fresh in the minds of the generation that was still controlling and teaching our youth.

Recently, I looked at some of the text that is used in primary and secondary education in my locale. My research required access to some early text books from my earlier education. You could see the liberal progressive bias that was clearly induced into the modern text.
Supposed facts were not referenced nor even annotated but represented by the authority of the authors. If I ever presented material without support of fact then an automatic lower grade then if supported by fact instead of hearsay. This convolution is accepted by most teachers today. Children are given credit for trying. '1+1' will always equal '2' unless you allow the implementation of a new numbering system. But that same student would not know this since no weight of their accomplishments is record, just passed along without continuity but flux.

Most people do associate Hitler with evil things, and that icon does symbolizes evil in most minds. The sense of weight will differ between generations, thus the education of the individuals within each generation will represent their understanding of history.

Modern day evil doers have produced their Hitler like actions but these too are things that should stand on merit or fact. None have been anywhere near the level of evil that Hitler & Nazi achieved. Some have massive murders or genocide but no where near the level of Hitler/Nazi era.

So the Kenny's of the world don't really understand what they are saying, just blatancy on their part. A dictator has no difference.

"Wisdom is only found in truth."-Goethe

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We Know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."- Samuel Johnson

But Ballmer *IS* running his business the way Hitler ran his country! Doesn't that say something?

How's that, exactly? Such as? What ARE you trying to say, anyway?

When Ballmer kills millions of people just because they don't buy his product, then you can make a comparison. Right now, you can't make that comparison. Maybe you need to Google Nazi, Hitler and read the history for a bit. Maybe even pretend you are Jewish and living, or trying to live, through those times.

I would love to see Ballmer, I mean BARFmer run M$ to the ground.

Because just as Hitler would shoot his generals, government officials, etc. for disagreeing with him Ballmer would fire the CFO, directors of M$ projects, etc. for doing the same thing. Maybe Hitler isn't the name to compare but either Big Brother (or should I say Big Ballmer) or Hu Jintao (as another example) are.