RE: midrange modernization tour question

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's another fine example of the Microsoft mindset:

> From: Steve Richter
> 
> stand your ground iSeries Network, dont buckle!  Either you represent
> the interests of IBM and its "microsoft sucks because I dont make any
> money from MS" vendors, or you represent the interests of programmers
> and users who need to make the best decision for themselves and their
> employers.

Rephrased for the snake-oil impaired: IBM is BAD because it supports
open standards on multiple operating systems and languages (including, I
might add, Windows), but Microsoft promotes "programmers" by REMOVING
Java functionality from its operating system.

<shaking head>

This is the kind of completely emotional and utterly factless sound bite
that Microsoft apologists hand out, day after day, with the hope that
through sheer repetition it will sound like it makes sense.

And it's a dirty job, but I'll continue to point out the complete lack
of consistency in these statements.

Joe