"Oliver Wong" <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> "chrisv" <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:pan.2006.08.25.22.38.05.253881@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Oliver Wrong wrote:
>>
>>> Of course, professional courtesy sort of "forces" her to leave
>>> gracefully, but the unnescessary compliment "highly respected
>>> company" leads
>>> me to believe that her motivations aren't what "jumps ship" would imply.
>>
>> Do you feel compelled to respond to all these news articles, with the M$
>> spin, Wrong?
>
> It takes me effort to type in the replies. So why do I do it? Well,
> I had assumed that people would want the same thing that I want:
> balanced coverage of the topic at hand. So I had considered what I was
> doing as a favor, to break the homogenous culture here and introduce
> some alternative viewpoints. However, I see it is not only
> unappreciated, but unwanted. So I'll stop.
No : dont. You are always accurate, polite and to the point. And it
shows up the likes of chrisv for what they are - ignorant, baseless
advocates with little or no understanding of either Windows or how
people in the real world adopt & use computer SW. These are the type of
people who have no place advocating Linux : they have done it enough
harm with their superior attitudes and their larger than life
beards. Its time for real advocates to get on board and get the Linux
message out there.
>
> Thanks for the informative discussions. I've learnt a great deal
> about Linux, OSS and even Microsoft here. I've recently met a Linux
> advocate in real life. Over the weekend, we tried setting up a Linux
> router for my home network, but he was unfamiliar with the
> distribution I was using (Ubuntu), so we gave up and I purchased a
Well, no surprise there. I have the O'Reilly book "Linux Network
Administrators Guide" and it looks like a nightmare to come to terms
with all the necessary config utilities & command line interfaces to
things like sendmail. Far from easy.
> hardware router instead. However, I intend to have at least one Linux
> machine up and running for at least a couple of months by the end of
> 2006. I guess I mention this anecdote to tell you guys don't worry,
> I'm still curious about and will still tinker with Linux. However,
> unless the gaming market changes, I don't forsee switching my main
> desktop away from Windows any time soon. I'm still looking forward to
> the Linux-based Wii though.
>
> Best of luck to all of you,
>
> - Oliver
>
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