Comments on: Sydney Morning Herald: Conficker Leads to “Internet Meltdown Threat” http://techrights.org/2009/09/23/clampi-conficker-windows/ 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: Will http://techrights.org/2009/09/23/clampi-conficker-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-73551 Will Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:57:50 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=18810#comment-73551 Universities are where lots of people get their first good exposure to Microsoft alternatives. Seems like Art departments almost exclusively run Macs, and anyone getting an technical degree (math, engineering, science, comp sci, etc.) has a very good chance of being exposed to Linux. It also helps that, IMO, you tend to find a higher than average concentration of "anything but Microsoft" professors in the technical fields. Universities are where lots of people get their first good exposure to Microsoft alternatives. Seems like Art departments almost exclusively run Macs, and anyone getting an technical degree (math, engineering, science, comp sci, etc.) has a very good chance of being exposed to Linux. It also helps that, IMO, you tend to find a higher than average concentration of “anything but Microsoft” professors in the technical fields.

]]> By: Needs Sunlight http://techrights.org/2009/09/23/clampi-conficker-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-73547 Needs Sunlight Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:19:28 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=18810#comment-73547 There was a period where many university IT departments were starting to try banning Windows from campus networks, especially dormitories. M$ tended to stomp that. Universities have been a problem for M$ because people with degrees usually know better than to run M$ products. You see that in the infamous "<a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/25/microsoft-anti-linux-presentation/" rel="nofollow">Linux Presentation</a>" http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/25/microsoft-anti-linux-presentation/ Around that time, M$ started hiring shills to fake degrees. Evil doesn't go away, it just moves around. Where did these lay preachers, mislabeled as "interns" by M$ marketing, end up finally for their proselytization and subversion activities? There was a period where many university IT departments were starting to try banning Windows from campus networks, especially dormitories. M$ tended to stomp that.

Universities have been a problem for M$ because people with degrees usually know better than to run M$ products. You see that in the infamous “Linux Presentation”
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/25/microsoft-anti-linux-presentation/

Around that time, M$ started hiring shills to fake degrees. Evil doesn’t go away, it just moves around. Where did these lay preachers, mislabeled as “interns” by M$ marketing, end up finally for their proselytization and subversion activities?

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