[OT] Microsoft Smear Campaign against Linux

[C# Learner]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1619714,00.asp

 

[Frans Bouma [C# MVP]]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1619714,00.asp

While I'm sure the marketing department of MS wants to scream "Linux is
Bad!" from the top of their lungs for 24/7/365, I have my doubts the complete
MS is against Linux. Like many of us, MS developers are geeks too and geeks
like things like Linux.

Also keep in mind that Dvorak is a columnist and wants to get attention. You
don't get attention by talking about things everybody assumes are true or not
interesting.

Frans.

 

[Niki Estner]

Sure. Didn't I read that Bill Gates killed John F. Kennedy and ****ed Bill
Clinton on SlashDot the other day?
That guy's actually thinking MS will try to infect Linux servers with a
virus... Obviously a serious journalist, writing a smear campain. Ooops,
sorry: writing *about* a smear campain, of course...

Niki

PS: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf
Guess that must be an MS website, too...

 

[Martin Maat]

Hi.

Does anyone know how to make VS 2003 remember the collapse-state of C# code
files? I find it rather annoying that every time after a project is opened
again, all code files have everything expanded again.

I know how to control expand/collapse, I typically do a Ctrl+M+O and then
reopen whatever I was working on. It would be nice though if it just gave me
what I left when I closed down VS.

I looked under Tools->Options Text Editor->C# and didn't find an option to
control this, I can only deactivate outlining. I am still hoping I
over-looked something or that I looked in the wrong place.

Martin.

 

[Jermaine Franklin]

Sure. Didn't I read that Bill Gates killed John F. Kennedy and ****ed Bill
Clinton on SlashDot the other day?
That guy's actually thinking MS will try to infect Linux servers with a
virus... Obviously a serious journalist, writing a smear campain. Ooops,
sorry: writing *about* a smear campain, of course...

Niki

PS: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf
Guess that must be an MS website, too...

This is not some 'guy' as you blather on about. This column is written by
John Dvorak. One the *leading* industry reports in the PC business. His
track record is a mile long, and is superbly respect for his work that
stretches across the entire PC industry. The fact that after five years
of anti-Linux FUD financed by Microsoft, that the most serious people in
the business are speaking up against Gate$/Ballme, is reason enough for you
Softies to crap in your pantaloons.

If you had the brains to click on a hyperlink you could read his bio -- here
I will make it easier on you:

<bio>
John C. Dvorak is a contributing editor of PC Magazine, for which he has
been writing two columns, including the popular Inside Track, since 1986.
Dvorak has won eight national awards from the Computer Press Association,
including Best Columnist and Best Column. Dvorak's work appears in several
magazines and newspapers, including Boardwatch, Computer Shopper, and
MicroTimes. He is the author of several books on computing including the
popular Dvorak's Guide to Telecommunications. His radio show, "Real
Computing," can be heard on National Public Radio. He is also the host of
TechTV's "Silicon Spin."



For more on John C. Dvorak, go to www.dvorak.org.
</bio>

 

[Frans Bouma [C# MVP]]

Hi.

Does anyone know how to make VS 2003 remember the collapse-state of C# code
files? I find it rather annoying that every time after a project is opened
again, all code files have everything expanded again.

I know how to control expand/collapse, I typically do a Ctrl+M+O and then
reopen whatever I was working on. It would be nice though if it just gave me
what I left when I closed down VS.

I looked under Tools->Options Text Editor->C# and didn't find an option to
control this, I can only deactivate outlining. I am still hoping I
over-looked something or that I looked in the wrong place.

Is not implemented in VS.NET 2003. Region collapsing is remembered in vs.net
2005, haven't tested yet if code block collapses are remembered...

Frans.

 

[Martin Maat]

Is not implemented in VS.NET 2003. Region collapsing is remembered in vs.net
2005, haven't tested yet if code block collapses are remembered...

Region collapsing is "remembered" in VS 2003 as well (methods are expanded,
regions are collapsed, no matter what their state was). Are they really
restored in 2005? I can hardly believe that this was fixed only for regions
in 2005 and not just for anything collapsable. If you can share any more on
the 2005 version's behavior in this I would like to know.

Anyway, I'll just accept this is what it does for VS 2003.

Martin.

 

[Julie]

While I'm sure the marketing department of MS wants to scream "Linux is
Bad!" from the top of their lungs for 24/7/365

You mean 24/7/52 or 24/365.

24/7/365 makes no sense.

 

[Michael C]

LOL. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It's a pretty common
expression, and your corrections imply that you understood the poster's
meaning. I never understood why people choose to correct other people's
communication when there is an obvious understanding of the meaning.

Now if we could just get people to stop putting the MONTH first when they
write dates... that makes NO sense...

Cheers,
Michael C. (60/60/24/7/52/365 except in leap years)