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Let's Fight Microsoft
skyman8081:
I would like to see proof. I'm not a big fan of unsubstatiated claims.
Innocent unril proven guilty, and all.
Right now this all seems like "I ran for public office and evil M$ made me lose!".
DavidB:
--- Quote from: skyman8081 ---I would like to see proof. I'm not a big fan of unsubstatiated claims.
Innocent unril proven guilty, and all.
Right now this all seems like "I ran for public office and evil M$ made me lose!".
--- End quote ---
The problem with "proof" is that everyone has their own definition of what it is. Do you want a statement that says, "I confess that everything David Blomstrom says about Microsoft is true," signed by Bill Gates and witnessed by a notary public?
Many right-wingers especially like to say, "Innocent until convicted by a judge and jury." Of course, that means George Bush and his entire administration are decent, law-abiding citizens - even though all intelligent people know otherwise.
if it's so hard to prove that George W. Bush is a crook, how can we prove that some Linux group is actually working for Microsoft?
Instead, we should be focusing on EVIDENCE and LOGIC, which together can add up to proof - or something reasonably close.
Do you think Bill Gates would NOT try to infiltrate the open source community? Frankly, I think that would be a very stupid assessment.
And if Bill Gates did try to infiltrate the open source community, do you think he would fail? Do you think it would be impossible for Bill Gates to recruit a single individual to pose as an innocent bystander and join a Linux group? Again, stupid assumption.
Do you want me to prove that Bill Gates' wife sits on the Washington Post's board of directors? If you're too lazy to track that information down yourself, just say so, and I'll post a link later.
Do you doubt that I ran for office? That shouldn't be hard to verify - after all, I did so FOUR TIMES. So visit Google and try to find some of the articles or posts that were written about me in various media, high-tech forums, etc. There are virtually none.
Visit http://www.seattleweekly.com and type "David Blomstrom" into their archives. Half of what they've written about me over the years were carefully calculated insults, and the rest was blather. During my fourth bid for office, they didn't mention my name ONCE. That's pretty bizarre.
I have no way of proving that Bill Gates Senior sent me a computer virus, along with a veiled threat. But if anyone would like to write about this, feel free to visit Seattle and ask me to submit to a polygraph test (as long as you pay the bill). I'll gladly oblige.
Incidentally, I never said "Microsoft made me lose." In fact, a coalition of corporations, media and operatives were arrayed against me. I'll write much more about that when I find time.
In the meantime, I'm going to throw your challenge right back in your face. PROVE that you aren't a Microsoft operative. Do you know of any other candidates for public office in the U.S. who have attacked Microsoft as part of their campaigns? If so, how did they fare?
Are you aware of any high-tech journals or open source groups that wrote about them?
If you're up for some really stimulating challenges, I'll gladly oblige. I'm going to be gone for a few hours, but I can give you some challenges that ought to prove awfully interesting. They'll help prove I'm not a phony, and they may tell us something about you at the same time.
adiment:
Welcome to the forum David. Rep+ for good first post.
Aloone_Jonez:
I agree :thumbup:
Refalm:
Well David, I believe the way you critisize Bill Gates and George Bush isn't working out at all.
On your website, you have a picture of Bush photoshopped with a swatsika and the famous Bill Gates picture.
Now let's presume that I should live in the US, in Seattle, and I was searching on the Internet for candidate websites.
Even if I agreed with your ideas, I still would find your website to be immature and chaotic.
Really, one stupid picture can ruin it. There are also too many animated stuff to distract my attention and which are very annoying.
Your articles are great, but you're lowering yourself to radicalism. I believe you're shooting yourself in the foot.
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