EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhat is "FUD"?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWhat is "FUD"?EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoI had to look this up the other day and found it annoying. Absolutely feels like something not common enough to abbreviate to me
minus-squareLordOfTheChia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agoIt depends on when you were around and reading geeky news sites. FUD came up often on Slashdot in relation to Microsoft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt#Microsoft and the SCO v. IBM section are relevant.
I had to look this up the other day and found it annoying. Absolutely feels like something not common enough to abbreviate to me
It depends on when you were around and reading geeky news sites. FUD came up often on Slashdot in relation to Microsoft:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty,_and_doubt#Microsoft
and the SCO v. IBM section are relevant.