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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4948 comp.os.linux.misc:33674 comp.os.os2.advocacy:74932 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy From: marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk (Marcus Bainbridge) Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!guitar.demon.co.uk!marcus Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld! Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Sweeping Generalisations Inc. References: <950116203411@lambada> X-Posting-Host: guitar.demon.co.uk Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 22:05:50 +0000 Message-ID: <1995Jan18.220550.105@guitar.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 23 Mr. Ed wrote: > o linux should be called "underware"! As in under-rated, under-priced, runs on under-specced machines? > He then goes on to refer to linux as underware throughout the column > -- over ten times. This is commonly known as the Julius Caesar effect. Remember the line "For Brutus is an honourable man" which gets repeated several times by Cassius. The more often it gets repeated, the less the crowd believe it until finally they turn against Brutus. > What do you think of this? Typical Micro$haft press? (What's Infoworld, BTW? Sounds to me like it's a cross between Nintendo Monthly for editorial impact and Computer Shopper for technical analysis) -- Marcus Bainbridge | marcus@guitar.demon.co.uk