Comments on: OOXML BRM Convenor (Alex Brown) Joins the Pro-Microsoft Wikipedia Spinners

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:31:32 +0000

Yes, Microsoft's special 'friends' from Waggener Edstrom are there too.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:13:58 +0000

Regarding Microsofts Wiki sockpuppets. It is patently obvious Wikipedia is being astroturfed a great deal. See this ‘citated’ quote on how Windows NT was never designed for the Intenet. Top class Weazlewords if there ever were ..

“Windows NT .. were not initially designed with Internet security in mind as .. Internet use was less prevalent”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_windows#Security

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:07:49 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument

‘Newer implementations like OpenOffice.org 3.x Calc use an unknown draft OpenFormula specification’

I don’t understand this bit. If the formula format ‘unknown’, then how could OO3 implement it and what’s stopping anyone from downloading the source or asking on the support forums?

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:48:22 +0000

Well, Microsoft is paying such people. Doug Mahugh pays them. They also sell Microsoft software, so it's business to them.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:38:06 +0000

Ghettoblaster, hAl, and Alex Brown along with probably a dozen other pro Microsoft people have abused wikipedia for a long time. Any article dealing with file formats or microsoft is open to them. They team up di edits within minutes after one another and most likely have dozens of sockpuppets. They scare off all single editors by engaging in edit waring. There needs to be a effort of a lot of foss minded editors on these pages to counteract these people.