Oracle intersted in buying Ubunutu

Peter Garrett peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au
Wed Apr 19 12:51:20 BST 2006


On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:38:13 +0200
Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 12:10 +0100, Anders Karlsson wrote:
> > > Now this is just FUD.
> > 
> > It's what I read on LKML, so call it FUD, take it with a bucket of salt
> > and ignore it. 
> 
> I have seen this "FUD" many times, but I still can't figure it out...
> what does it stand for ?
> 
  FUD = Fear Uncertainty Doubt

A tactic much used by a certain company from Redmond, but also by many
other people, sadly.

I think it has taken on a slightly different meaning through use. Some
people appear to use it to mean something like

"Propaganda that I  disagree with"   ;-)

Peter



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