Comments on: South Africa Gets an Offer Too Hard to Refuse, Taken Over by Microsoft Lobbyists http://techrights.org/2008/04/30/south-africa-comptia-pressure/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blabla http://techrights.org/2008/04/30/south-africa-comptia-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-8832 blabla Thu, 01 May 2008 04:03:07 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/30/south-africa-comptia-pressure/#comment-8832 The only way to resolve these problems is to get honest politicians. Good luck trying to find one! The only competent people working for Microsoft are the spin doctors. Some pearls: "There is only true choice when people choose Microsoft products." "GPL is not Free Software and is not open source" "Bill Gates is a philanthropist" "Microsoft is open" "Microsoft is interested is interoperability" "Microsoft wants a fair competition" "OOXML is the best file format there is." "Everyone who disagree with Microsoft is, choose one: a) commie; b) hippie; c) insane; d) gay; e) terrorist; f) fanatic; g) fundamentalist; h) has an hidden agenda; i) honest; j) has too high price; k) ignorant; l) looney; m) has no credibility; n) incompetent; o) didn't accept the laptop; p) has too much credibility...." "Vista is the best Operating System there is" "We did not had sex with that penguin" The only way to resolve these problems is to get honest politicians. Good luck trying to find one!

The only competent people working for Microsoft are the spin doctors.

Some pearls:

“There is only true choice when people choose Microsoft products.”

“GPL is not Free Software and is not open source”

“Bill Gates is a philanthropist”

“Microsoft is open”

“Microsoft is interested is interoperability”

“Microsoft wants a fair competition”

“OOXML is the best file format there is.”

“Everyone who disagree with Microsoft is, choose one: a) commie; b) hippie; c) insane; d) gay; e) terrorist; f) fanatic; g) fundamentalist; h) has an hidden agenda; i) honest; j) has too high price; k) ignorant; l) looney; m) has no credibility; n) incompetent; o) didn’t accept the laptop; p) has too much credibility….”

“Vista is the best Operating System there is”

“We did not had sex with that penguin”

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