another jerk in my mail box

Craig McLean craig at fukka.co.uk
Wed Jun 14 16:09:41 UTC 2006


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Craig White wrote:

> I guess I don't share the view of Timothy Payne that "it's fairly common
> knowledge that Dell has virtually no linux strategy" - on the contrary,
> I would suggest that Timothy Payne has no knowledge of Dell's Linux
> strategy

It's a common logical fallacy called an "Appeal to Widespread Belief",
combined with another called "Argument from Laziness", in that it's
incorrect even in it's first assumption.

At least, now the OP has quit the list, some more measured debate has
ensued.

C.

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