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:Enderle: The Five Things You Aren't Allowed to Discuss About Linux
Enderle: The Five Things You Aren't Allowed to Discuss About Linux
Mar 9, 2007, 22 :00 UTC (44 Talkback[s]) (11581 reads)
(Other stories by Rob Enderle)

"I started writing about Linux not because I thought it interesting, fascinating, or even because I liked to code (I don’t).

"I started writing about Linux because I was told I couldn't and the more people told me I couldn't, and particularly when they said 'or else,' the more the Linux dirty laundry became attractive to me. In short, if anyone bothers to look at the sequence of events, they will see that the Linux community pushed me down this path. Granted I didn't fight much, but I have this thing about cover-ups..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I can't wait to read the feedback on ...   Feedback   
da
Mar 9, 2007, 22:09:39  
I saw several times a man with a mustach ...   Enderle again, I can't believe it.   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 9, 2007, 22:11:26  
I started writing about Linux because I ...   love that dirty laundry ?   
patrick_darcy
Mar 9, 2007, 22:23:45  
"If you think a Microsoft product sucks ...   Well paid Impertinence or mental problems ?   
Doctor
Mar 9, 2007, 22:28:46  
"And I’m not alone: Laura DiDio at Yan ...   Laura DiDio at Yankee gets sexual harassed   
Wow
Mar 9, 2007, 22:45:44  
Sheesh. I didn't even know Enderle w ...   Heh. Still around?   
sdfsdf
Mar 9, 2007, 22:50:36  
Warning to anyone that would click, he&# ...   ROB ENDERLE! DON'T CLICK!   
Bob_Robertson
Mar 9, 2007, 22:52:54  
Summarised:1. Linux doesn't really e ...   I suffered through it so you don't have to   
Rick Moen
Mar 9, 2007, 22:52:57  
Bob R. Is right...but I won't do the ...   This is worth keeping   
helios
Mar 9, 2007, 23:16:55  
It just amazes me that year after year M ...   Enderle is just an MS shill.   
Jimmy the Geek
Mar 9, 2007, 23:29:34  
> http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/windowsser ...   Re: Laura DiDio at Yankee gets sexual harassed   
Bob_Robertson
Mar 9, 2007, 23:30:55  
By what-- a NYC garbage truck?Ursus Orri ...   Didio Sexually Harassed?   
Ursus Orribilus
Mar 10, 2007, 00:29:49  
That's Mr. Enderle for you. If he ev ...   Re: I suffered through it so you don't have to   
Sid Boyce
Mar 10, 2007, 00:54:10  
Not only steal your lunch money, but kil ...   Re: I suffered through it so you don't have to   
denbosch
Mar 10, 2007, 01:01:46  
and you will save yourself from wasting ...   Stop reading at "Enderle"   
David F. Skoll
Mar 10, 2007, 01:08:56  
Enderle "wonders" all over the place but ...   Huh?   
Don WHitbeck
Mar 10, 2007, 01:22:02  
Reading Enderle for technical insight is ...   the Schumer factor   
James E LaBarre
Mar 10, 2007, 03:24:20  
Everytime I see/hear someone opining abo ...   You know what's funny...   
fudo
Mar 10, 2007, 03:37:09  
From "I suffered through it so you don&# ...   Lies lies damn lies. I suffered through the summar   
Jose
Mar 10, 2007, 03:39:49  
Well, I'll be boycotting this site f ...   won't be back for a month - Enderle not allowe   
bob niederman
Mar 10, 2007, 03:47:51  
so the saying goes, and Rob Enderle has ...   No publicity is bad publicity   
Stomfi
Mar 10, 2007, 05:39:29  
IT shouldn�t be an advocate of any pro ...   Astute ignorance   
judecn
Mar 10, 2007, 06:07:25  
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/rob/ ...   It's about page hits - remember Dvorak?   
GreyGeek
Mar 10, 2007, 07:01:18  
"I started writing about Linux not becau ...   The reasons that weren't why Enderle writes ab   
Rufus Polson
Mar 10, 2007, 08:04:46  
From Enderle himself:Here is my problem. ...   We have identified the problem...   
judecn
Mar 10, 2007, 08:17:08  
Linux has dirty laundry?lawrie@LAptop:~$ ...   No dirty laundry here   
Lawrie Abbott
Mar 10, 2007, 09:10:14  
Rob - You have violated the first rule o ...   know your subject   
BD
Mar 10, 2007, 12:30:08  
> "Enderle is an intellectual prostitute ...   Re: won't be back for a month - Enderle not al   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 10, 2007, 14:20:49  
You shouldn't write about Linux if y ...   not "couldn't" but "shouldn't"   
Greg
Mar 10, 2007, 16:10:22  
There are five things that Rob Enderle i ...   Five Things Not Allowed   
Tony OBryan
Mar 10, 2007, 16:26:28  
> "I started writing about Linux not bec ...   Re: The reasons that weren't why Enderle write   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 10, 2007, 16:57:14  
"It gets Windows drivers because it has ...   Re: we have identified the problem   
Gary Stewart
Mar 10, 2007, 17:06:57  
> There are five things that Rob Enderle ...   Re: Five Things Not Allowed   
ue
Mar 10, 2007, 17:44:56  
I think it is a mistake to assume that E ...   Enderle not stupid   
David May
Mar 10, 2007, 19:23:06  
I like how he blames "Linux" (which does ...   Enderle's Endless Errors   
Bob_Robertson
Mar 10, 2007, 20:42:43  
> I think it is interesting that he comp ...   Re: Enderle not stupid   
Mario Miyojim
Mar 10, 2007, 23:26:58  
In "transgressive" art (including writin ...   GreyGeek - the word is "trangressive".   
Brandioch Conner
Mar 11, 2007, 03:58:02  
I was assuming that Rob was saying that ...   Rob makes some EXCELLENT points here   
SteveOC
Mar 11, 2007, 06:17:04  
> Well, I'll be boycotting this site ...   Re: won't be back for a month - Enderle not al   
Mike R.
Mar 11, 2007, 08:46:43  
> > http://wm.microsoft.com/ms/windowss ...   Re: Re: Laura DiDio at Yankee gets sexual harassed   
Ken Jennings
Mar 11, 2007, 15:27:48  
> - There are a great number of people w ...   Re: Rob makes some EXCELLENT points here   
DDahl
Mar 12, 2007, 01:52:34  
"I started writing about Linux because I ...   "Couldn't"   
Ken Jennings
Mar 12, 2007, 03:22:57  
> > - There are a great number of people ...   Re: Re: Rob makes some EXCELLENT points here   
blackhole
Mar 12, 2007, 07:45:00  
It was a good laugh for a monday morning ...   Thank you   
Crow
Mar 12, 2007, 17:46:38  
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