Comments on: Bing Fails, So Microsoft Proceeds to Anti-competitive Practices http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/ 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: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-3/#comment-70702 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:57:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70702 Alpha? Have you even <I>used </i>Alpha, Roy? It sure sounds like you haven't got the slightest idea what you're talking about. Alpha? Have you even used Alpha, Roy? It sure sounds like you haven’t got the slightest idea what you’re talking about.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-2/#comment-70701 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:53:53 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70701 It's not the Bing criticism that's receiving backlash, Roy: it's your scummy, ham-handed, mendacious excuse for <I>"journalism"</i> that's receiving backlash. It’s not the Bing criticism that’s receiving backlash, Roy: it’s your scummy, ham-handed, mendacious excuse for “journalism” that’s receiving backlash.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-2/#comment-70700 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:51:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70700 Nah, it's just the Chimp going ape again. He just <I>makes stuff up, </i>y' know? Like all that pro-Mono stuff he claimed to have read on my web site? When you got all excited and happy for about 15 seconds until it became obvious that he hadn't read any such thing, and even <I>you </i>had to concede that there was no evidence to support the contention that I was a "Mono supporter"... Of course, your "priorities" (according to your press agent, Jose) didn't allow you to correct the story where you point to a mono-nono article which suggests that my issues with Stallman are (surprise!) <I>really</i> because I'm a "Mono supporter"... Nah, it’s just the Chimp going ape again. He just makes stuff up, y’ know? Like all that pro-Mono stuff he claimed to have read on my web site? When you got all excited and happy for about 15 seconds until it became obvious that he hadn’t read any such thing, and even you had to concede that there was no evidence to support the contention that I was a “Mono supporter”…

Of course, your “priorities” (according to your press agent, Jose) didn’t allow you to correct the story where you point to a mono-nono article which suggests that my issues with Stallman are (surprise!) really because I’m a “Mono supporter”…

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-2/#comment-70698 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:45:40 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70698 Actually, "Chips", <I>I'd </i>like to know who you work for. There are some <I>answers </i>I'd like to get. Actually, “Chips”, I’d like to know who you work for. There are some answers I’d like to get.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70696 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:41:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70696 Like I said, I think I may have broken him. That tends to happen to my toys. =( Like I said, I think I may have broken him.

That tends to happen to my toys. =(

]]> By: joo http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70695 joo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:40:50 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70695 That should read "Roy is really pissed things are not going the way he thinks they should". That should read “Roy is really pissed things are not going the way he thinks they should”.

]]> By: joo http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70694 joo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:38:30 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70694 Roy is really pissed that things are going the way he thinks they should. It seems like he's coming unhinged. His "complaint" will end up in the FTC weekly newsletter as "Joke of the Week". Roy is really pissed that things are going the way he thinks they should. It seems like he’s coming unhinged. His “complaint” will end up in the FTC weekly newsletter as “Joke of the Week”.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70689 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:24:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70689 @jonathan, I actually doubt Roy will post the response he gets from the FTC, which is unquestionably going to be "What in the world are you going on about?" We'll just have to keep asking him from time to time. "Heard from the FTC yet, Roy?" @jonathan, I actually doubt Roy will post the response he gets from the FTC, which is unquestionably going to be “What in the world are you going on about?”

We’ll just have to keep asking him from time to time. “Heard from the FTC yet, Roy?”

]]> By: joo http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70684 joo Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:59:15 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70684 @Wong That is a gem. He should change it to something like "You can comment, but if you don't agree with what I say, then my friends and I will threaten & defame you. If you get the upper hand on me, I'll run away and let my friends take over the hatemongering" @Wong

That is a gem. He should change it to something like “You can comment, but if you don’t agree with what I say, then my friends and I will threaten & defame you. If you get the upper hand on me, I’ll run away and let my friends take over the hatemongering”

]]> By: Jonathan Wong http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70673 Jonathan Wong Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:36:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70673 Looking forward to see what comes out of it. I'm sure Roy will be posting any response he gets. @joo - Look at what gem I found under the "About the Site" link: <blockquote> If you are new to this site or just happen to lurk, we encourage you to take part in the discussion. We perceive comments as discussions, not just placements for feedback and correction. We are very responsive to comments. </blockquote> Roy, time to change that blurb... Looking forward to see what comes out of it. I’m sure Roy will be posting any response he gets.

@joo – Look at what gem I found under the “About the Site” link:

If you are new to this site or just happen to lurk, we encourage you to take part in the discussion. We perceive comments as discussions, not just placements for feedback and correction. We are very responsive to comments.

Roy, time to change that blurb…

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70671 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:33:19 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70671 <B><I>Its nice you admit that you are a “MS Employee.”</i></b> I'm still waiting for <I>you </i>to admit that you're a liar. <b><i>That is to your credit sir. I am all for giving everyone a chance to voice their opinions, better if they have facts to back them up.</i></b> No, you're not, Chimp. If someone expresses an opinion you don't like, you post all the contact information for their place of employment in the hopes that "someone else will make the call", you malignant coward. Its nice you admit that you are a “MS Employee.”

I’m still waiting for you to admit that you’re a liar.

That is to your credit sir. I am all for giving everyone a chance to voice their opinions, better if they have facts to back them up.

No, you’re not, Chimp. If someone expresses an opinion you don’t like, you post all the contact information for their place of employment in the hopes that “someone else will make the call”, you malignant coward.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70670 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:30:45 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70670 Oh, just go have a glance through <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/17/nessus-mono-analogies" rel="nofollow">this article</a> and <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/17/microsoft-apologists-vs-rms/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. You'll get the idea. Oh, just go have a glance through this article and this one.

You’ll get the idea.

]]> By: Jonathan Wong http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70669 Jonathan Wong Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:24:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70669 @David Just curious, but how have you broken Roy? Any stories to share? @David

Just curious, but how have you broken Roy? Any stories to share?

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-2/#comment-70600 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:45:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70600 <B><I>Those who do the crimes deserve no favouritism. </i></b> So, I guess you're down with me calling Stallman on his sexually-loaded "joke". It's not a <I>crime, </i>but it <I>was </i>an <I>injustice.</i> I don't think Jonathan's committed a crime, though. Wishing doesn't make it so; delusions don't, either, for that matter. Those who do the crimes deserve no favouritism.

So, I guess you’re down with me calling Stallman on his sexually-loaded “joke”. It’s not a crime, but it was an injustice.

I don’t think Jonathan’s committed a crime, though. Wishing doesn’t make it so; delusions don’t, either, for that matter.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-2/#comment-70599 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:43:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70599 No, Roy, you <I>are </i>"anti-Microsoft". Fanatically and irrationally so, sometimes. Like now. Seriously, dude, you filed a complaint to the FTC over a guy who said he was working for Microsoft right up front...? There aren't any "product reviews" on this site, anyway, so what's your reasoning on this? No, Roy, you are “anti-Microsoft”. Fanatically and irrationally so, sometimes. Like now.

Seriously, dude, you filed a complaint to the FTC over a guy who said he was working for Microsoft right up front…? There aren’t any “product reviews” on this site, anyway, so what’s your reasoning on this?

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70598 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:38:41 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70598 Well, you know, <I>journalism, </i>tough job, lotta stress. Have you thought of taking up <I>smoking, </i>Roy...? Well, you know, journalism, tough job, lotta stress.

Have you thought of taking up smoking, Roy…?

]]> By: joo http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70597 joo Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:36:37 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70597 You're right. I hadn't noticed that. You’re right. I hadn’t noticed that.

]]> By: joo http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70594 joo Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:29:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70594 just had? HA! More like, "just had another". just had? HA! More like, “just had another”.

]]> By: Sabayon User http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70593 Sabayon User Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:28:48 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70593 You may not have noticed but he's become a lot more erratic and aggressive since he posted that apology to you. I think that got to him in a big way, even considering how humiliated he must have been by Shane's comments. You may not have noticed but he’s become a lot more erratic and aggressive since he posted that apology to you. I think that got to him in a big way, even considering how humiliated he must have been by Shane’s comments.

]]> By: David "Lefty" Schlesinger http://techrights.org/2009/07/14/microsoft-bing-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-70591 David "Lefty" Schlesinger Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:19:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=14708#comment-70591 Roy's just had some sort of psychotic fugue, I think, Jonathan. Given that you were clear about where you worked (as I recall), and given that there's no "NO MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES ALLOWED!!" notice posted anywhere, not to mention that this isn't a product review kind of site, I'm completely baffled by this. The only rational explanation that I can come up with is that Roy has such a low opinion of his readership (perhaps not without reason) that he figures they'll only read the headlines, he'll be a big hero for "taking on Microsoft", and by the time the FTC sends his complaint back with a big, red "What the hell are you talking about?" stamp on it, the rest of the Short-Attention-Span Theater crowd will have forgotten that he ever filed this totally bogus "complaint" in the first place. I think I might have broken Roy. =( Roy’s just had some sort of psychotic fugue, I think, Jonathan. Given that you were clear about where you worked (as I recall), and given that there’s no “NO MICROSOFT EMPLOYEES ALLOWED!!” notice posted anywhere, not to mention that this isn’t a product review kind of site, I’m completely baffled by this.

The only rational explanation that I can come up with is that Roy has such a low opinion of his readership (perhaps not without reason) that he figures they’ll only read the headlines, he’ll be a big hero for “taking on Microsoft”, and by the time the FTC sends his complaint back with a big, red “What the hell are you talking about?” stamp on it, the rest of the Short-Attention-Span Theater crowd will have forgotten that he ever filed this totally bogus “complaint” in the first place.

I think I might have broken Roy. =(

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