Comments on: Reader’s Article: Sticks and Stones http://techrights.org/2010/01/27/sticks-and-stones/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: dyfet http://techrights.org/2010/01/27/sticks-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-79371 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:45:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=25962#comment-79371 Well, one must understand that Microsoft uses the rank system, and in a particularly sociopathic way as well. This encourages advancement for those both best able to do so at their co-workers expense and those best able to group-think with their managers. Hence Microsoft generally tends to promote the most sociopathic individuals, and not necessarily the most skilled or competent ones.

]]> By: NotZed http://techrights.org/2010/01/27/sticks-and-stones/comment-page-1/#comment-79338 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:50:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=25962#comment-79338 It’s not a bad analogy. “elephant in the room” means more than “an elephant in the room”. Some want to work with Microsoft, or think they should just be ignored – but history shows both are dangerous. And if all you have to fight with is metaphorical sticks, why not use them?

I think the anonymous poster summed up one of the more distasteful aspects of the microsoft religion though.

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