FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt)

see also 3d_design.html#design
and spin_dictionary.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUD∞
• http://chillingeffects.org/∞
• FUD = Fear Uncertainty and Doubt.
• - Eric Lee Green ("good article" -- recc. DAV)
  http://badtux.org/home/eric/editorial/fud101.php∞
  /* was http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric/fud101-4.html∞ */
  ...
  "FUD, Counter-FUD"
  article by Todd Lappin http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.04/mustread.html?pg=3∞

• FUD http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=20165∞
• "Soon after a hard decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt." -- R. I. Fitzhenry
• http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/9267/fuddef.html∞ "many new customers were being scared away from the AMSTRAD
  because it had no fan when everybody else did.
  So in the end AMSTRAD fitted fans,
  right in the back corner where the PSU normally goes.
  Of course the AMSTRAD had no PSU there,
  ...
  it kept everybody happy!
  Rational people in the know simply cut the wires to the fan
  (and never had any problems),
  but the majority of users just accepted the constant whine of the fan
  as necessary. Such is the power of FUD."
  
• Fear, uncertainty, and doubt http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=FUD∞
  http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=438548∞

• Alan Deikman <!-- alan at znyx.com --> 1995-12-04

ZNYX Corporation
in his role as
moderator of the < pci-sig at znyx.com > mailing list:
<blockquote>
<p>
My view: Any silicon these days without errata is most likely not
properly documented, tested, or has less than 10 gates in it. I don't
care what revision it is. It is amazing how many people who should know
better equate silicon errata to "faulty/unusable/unmarketable" product.

<p>
If you are of a mind to sell your own product here, do so on your on
products merits, not on FUD generated on competitors. If you want to
post benchmarks, be prepared to back them up with a publicly available
white paper.

<p>
With regard to engineers selling their products:

<pre>
"Engineers don't know how to lie. The truth will be MINE!"


"The evidence says you are stupid."

</pre>
</blockquote>

• "Clay Shirky's Five Rules For Figuring Out When Networking Marketers Are Blowing Smoke."

http://www.shirky.com/writings/dont_believe_the_hype.html∞
<blockquote>
<p>
...
the engines which drive the network change very slowly. Only the dashboards change quickly.
<p>
...
<p>
We already know what people using networks want:
they want to do what they do now, only cheaper, or faster, or both.
They want to do more interesting stuff than they do now, for the same amount of money.
They strongly prefer open systems to closed ones.
They strongly prefer open standards to proprietary ones.
They will accept ads if thats what pays for interesting stuff.
They want to play games,
look at people in various states of undress,
read the news,
follow sports scores or the weather, and
most of all they want to communicate with one another.
<p>
Beware any product which claims that people would prefer information to communication,
any service which claims that people will choose closed systems over open ones,
and any protocol which claims that people will tolerate incompatibility to gain features.
Any idea for a networking service which does not satisfy some basic desire of network users
is doomed to fail.
<p>
...
<p>

</blockquote>

• Linux in business http://www.linuxbusiness.com/en/∞

Linux - Business applications
has a nice "FAQ against FUD": "The LINUX FUD factor FAQ:
Putting the brakes on the spin doctors"

• FUD is related to "Snake Oil" http://www.ciphersbyritter.com/GLOSSARY.HTM#SnakeOil∞ and
  "Snake Oil Warning Signs" article by Matt Curtin"
  http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/snake-oil-faq.html∞

"The Invisible Threat"
by Dan Hebert 2007
http://www.controldesign.com/articles/2007/170.html∞
"Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ... Much fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) exist when it comes to wireless security."