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Tuesday, November 26, 2002
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Feedback and insults -- Comment()
I wrote earlier: "By the way, it may be a singularly Finnish trait that when giving positive feedback we tend to insult the recipient a bit." I received a comment from Bjarne Tveskov: "Maybe it's a Nordic/Scandinavian thing, in my experience, danes do that all the time as well." This is good to hear, now I'll feel less out-of-place in Scandinavian meetings.
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Can't stomach Microsoft? -- Comment()
If you can't stomach Microsoft, the help is near: LIINUS (the text is in Finnish) will help your stomach to cope with the daily stress. LIINUS is a dietary supplement (functional food), marketed by Orion Pharma, for making your stomach behave. It may also prevent you from getting cancer. My food-related English vocabulary is a bit rusty, but I believe FLAXSEED as Functional Food for People tells of the same benefits as the Finnish discription of LIINUS. Here is a slogan for the product: "Can't Stomach Microsoft? Use LIINUS!" Could I make a career in advertising?
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Is Microsoft Truly 'Trustworthy'? "Microsoft Senior Vice President Craig Mundie recently suggested that in the name of security, it may be appropriate to force you to install Microsoft patches or updates, and if that breaks your existing applications, well, it's for your own good." [Privacy Digest]
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Living Without Microsoft points to an article by Michael Jennings: "Microsoft has moved from making operating systems that are independent to making operating systems that are dependent on its own computers. Besides possible privacy and security vulnerabilities, this raises numerous concerns. For example, if Microsoft decided to remove the support for Windows XP, users might be forced to upgrade. Or, Microsoft could decide to ask for monthly payment for the use of its computers."
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