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:LinuxInsider: Windows XP SP2 and the Risk of a Linux Backlash
LinuxInsider: Windows XP SP2 and the Risk of a Linux Backlash
Aug 13, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (12466 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Murphy)

"The best method known for getting people extremely angry at you is simply to be right where they're wrong--especially if you give them any opportunity to read a moral subtext into whatever they're wrong about. It's sometimes okay be a tiny bit smarter than the people you work with, but it's always devastating to working relationships to be proven right if that makes people feel you are somehow morally better than they are.

"Have that happen and they'll soon be calling you smug, self righteous or pious. No matter how humbly you do the self-effacing shuffle, the working relationship will be history. You'll never work well with them again..."

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I love and use linux everyday.  In fact  ...   Whatever...   
Matt
Aug 13, 2004, 03:04:28
 
While no OS is perfect, I can see this.  ...   Good point   
NeoSadist
Aug 13, 2004, 05:22:37
 
Liked the article but would just like to ...   Interesting   
Nic
Aug 13, 2004, 10:14:03
 
It isn't New Years, but it's tim ...   Time for a new resolution   
Todd
Aug 13, 2004, 10:34:15
 
Nice new word: "situational ethicist", a ...   situational ethicist   
Richard Corfield
Aug 13, 2004, 12:32:45
 
> Nice new word: "situational ethicist", ...   Re: situational ethicist   
Bob Robertson
Aug 13, 2004, 14:55:53
 
 as the horror stories from SP2 start to ...   I totally agree with one point   
Kevin
Aug 13, 2004, 15:05:24
 
If its FUD, its weird FUD - and quite ze ...   Re: Time for New Years resolution   
catclub
Aug 13, 2004, 15:41:55
 
>>IE is Windows due to its tight integra ...   Re: Good point   
hindenburg
Aug 13, 2004, 15:55:13
 
> A situational ethicist is merely a pra ...   Re: Re: situational ethicist   
jim
Aug 13, 2004, 16:07:28
 
" Doing the right thing is culturally un ...   WTF?   
jim
Aug 13, 2004, 16:09:46
 
> If its FUD, its weird FUD - and quite  ...   Re: Re: Time for New Years resolution   
ac
Aug 13, 2004, 16:58:58
 
It is printed in LinuxInsider. It is not ...   Re: Whatever...   
BILBO
Aug 14, 2004, 11:05:21
 
> What's the difference then between ...   Re: Re: Re: situational ethicist   
Bob Robertson
Aug 15, 2004, 01:44:54
 
I think NeoSadist and Nic made some good ...   Apps are where it's at.   
Buldir
Aug 15, 2004, 02:56:35
 
SOME Canadians? Gee thanks. Come to thin ...   most Americans & Some Canadians   
A Canadian
Aug 15, 2004, 15:37:05
 
The author has no idea what truth is.  M ...   MS == low energy   
Tim Moore
Aug 18, 2004, 16:55:00
 
Hey, Linux Today, do you have any articl ...   XP SP2 Breaks a lot of applications   
Bruce
Aug 22, 2004, 19:20:50
 
Sure, there's plenty of articles out ...   Re: XP SP2 Breaks a lot of applications   
Brian Proffitt
Aug 22, 2004, 19:28:31
 
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