Comments on: “Boycott Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in China”

By: Robotron 2084

Robotron 2084 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:56:56 +0000

Well, I suppose pointing out your mistakes and acts of dishonesty, slander, hypocrisy, and hate would fall under “generally unpleasant” behavior for you, right Roy?

In a place where you are Judge, Jury, and Executioner, it doesn’t really matter what the policy is. Just label them and delete. Problem solved from your end.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:56:17 +0000

You repeatedly violated the commenting policy.

By: Robotron 2084

Robotron 2084 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:40:01 +0000

No, read it again. I use “anyone” to refer to a person’s account, not an individual post. You deleted my previous account so I had to use a new name. If you continue to delete my accounts, I’ll continue to use new names.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:59:25 +0000

And now you admit nymshifting. We do have a commenting policy and we never deleted any comment.

By: Robotron 2084

Robotron 2084 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:51:12 +0000

Jose_X, as you usually do on this site and others, you venture way off topic. Where in my post did I say anything about stability?

For the record, it’s hard to keep a name around here because Roy deletes anyone he doesn’t like, after giving them a suitable discriminatory label.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:27:06 +0000

Jose_X, it’s a regular troll (new nym).

By: Jose_X

Jose_X — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:54:41 +0000

Well, Windows is less stable than Linux.

In some settings, how much instability and failures do you want to risk?

And the malware problem is quite another thing that really helps make Windows quite unsuitable. Imagine if the internet ran on Windows software? Ouch!

By: Robotron 2084

Robotron 2084 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:58:46 +0000

At this point I would say this Microsoft is only guilty of not understanding the Chinese people. Live here, talk to people here, you’ll learn the truth. In general, most Chinese people care more about money than the wellbeing of strangers. That’s the problem with using economic intensives to get things done here. Few Chinese will help someone without some financial benefit, unless it’s a foreigner. Safety is of low importance here and getting Chinese organizations to actively try and stop the spread of AIDS is difficult. Using money may have seemed like a logical solution, but it obviously has unintended side effects.

The Chinese blogger’s website is blocked here in China, but I assume he’s taking this opportunity to blame Microsoft for a problem that already existed here in China before Microsoft became involved. This happens often, as keeping face is important here in China. Chinese people are very kind and their country is growing fast economically, but the society itself has a long way to go.

By: Robotron 2084

Robotron 2084 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:43:51 +0000

Yes, Roy, it’s you. Except I would argue that you often prefer to imply that Windows is directly responsible. It’s more sinister that way.

There are a lot of examples, but this one has the best headline: http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/21/death-by-microsoft-windows/

And this one has the best quote from you: http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/24/abandoning-windows-hospitals/

“In summary, Windows leads to deaths in hospitals and nothing is changing.”

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:15:43 +0000

I know someone who would argue (with pertinent details) that Windows indirectly causes many deaths.

By: dyfet

dyfet — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:26 +0000

“maybe” even worse? People can live without computers (really, they can!), but not without food.