On Thu, 27 May 2004, Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > On Thu, 27 May 2004, James Marcinek wrote: > > > Here's an interesting quote from the article: > > > > "A FORMER Red Hat employee now in the service of the Titan of Redmond > > > > has been openly slagging off open source to anyone that will listen. > > > > > > > > Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in the > > > > big deal. the world is full of chris sharps. they're called "whores." > > I know a couple of people that work for Microsoft. They are normal > people that like to eat, have a place to live, have nice "toys", etc. > You have no idea what this guy's situation is (or was when he was with > Red Hat), yet you viciously attack someone you've never met and know > nothing about. What a nice guy you are. > > In short, STFU. i'm sure the world is full of perfectly personable whores who, for the most part, are normal people, have a place to live, have nice "toys", are fun to be around, throw barbecues on the weekends for their friends, etc. despite your nonsensical accusations above, i in no way "viciously attacked" mr. sharp. i simply pointed out what was painfully obvious to anyone, even those who had never met mr. sharp -- that is, that he is clearly willing to say whatever it takes to make a living, even if it involves completely contradicting what he said in his previous business lifetime. in short, he's a whore. what's the problem here? rday p.s. and, also despite the idiocy you wrote above, i never attacked, in general, "people that work for Microsoft." i never made any reference to them. nice try at a red herring, though.
