Subj : this guy needs help
To   : Baden Kudrenecky
From : Scott Little
Date : Fri Sep 29 2000 11:13 pm

 [ 28 Sep 00 19:37, Baden Kudrenecky wrote to Scott Little ]

 BK> building.  Add that bill for the country, and it ends
 BK> up to be a huge increase in electrical demand.

That information is not Tom's research, he is using someone else's report to 
support his own little theory: that Microsoft's Bloatware is responsible for 
much of this power consumption. According to him, if we were using more 
'efficient' operating systems/software like OS/2 and Linux, the power 
consumption situation would not be so bad.

Perhaps it's not so obvious from just the one 'article,' but Tom's style has so 
far been rather consistent - he gets one little notion in his mind, barely more 
than a sentence worth, and somehow manages to fluff it up into a full article. 
Every time, he spends a few paragraphs off with the fairies, one or two taking 
pot shots at Microsoft, and the remainder is all about how glorious OS/2 is.

Nowhere does he ever offer any evidence of his claims, he seems to think that 
the 'opinion' nature of the site excuses him from including supporting facts or 
research. Um, sorry Tom, don't think so. Presenting actual research like the 
power consumption bit, and then tacking on your own little brain fart doesn't 
cut the mustard - you have to provide some kind of factual link between the 
two, before you can go off spouting your opinions.

end rant.

anyhoo.. his articles are good for a laugh on a slow day.

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