"Larry Qualig" <lqualig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> amicus_curious wrote:
>> "Ian Semmel" <anyoneNOJUNK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3YOfh.7353$HU.4152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > On 12/12/06, 76 of 86 topics posted came from this character.
>> >
>> > Not one post was original, just stuff ripped off from rss feeds and
>> > other
>> > news groups. Most replies to these articles come from his sycophantic
>> > bum
>> > chums and are along the vein of "Gee you're smart, Roy" to which he
>> > replies "Yes, I am, and so are you". This continues to some sickening
>> > level.
>> >
>> > I've got no idea who Roy Schestowitz is, but he obviously has some sort
>> > of
>> > personality disorder that demands he see his name on the internet.
>> >
>> > Put a sock in it, Schestowitz.
>> >
>> >
>> A more fair view would be to treat these posts as an opportunity such as
>> might be presented by a mechanical pitching machine in a practice batting
>> cage.
>
> Except that machines don't intentionally misrepresent "News" articles
> or twist stories into something that was never said. Machines are
> accurate whereas Roy is often misleading on purpose. It's also quite
> coincidental that his 'accidents' and 'typos' are always such that they
> make Microsoft/Windows look bad and Linux/OSS look good.
>
There are two types of articles cited, one being fairly accurate sources of
information from the upper tier of industry reporting and the other being
the commentary in blogs or Linux partial e-zine sites. Most of the more
audacious articles are from the latter sources. Usually the conventional
sources have alternate points of view expressed that are not cited in the
posting, but serve to discredit the offered conclusion.
>
>> Roy servers up a potpourri of topics either favorable to Linux and/or
>> OSS or derogatory to Windows. One can pick and choose which pitch to
>> take a
>> swing at and so improve one's eye. He seems well adapted to the drudgery
>> of
>> this kind of activity, so take advantage of someone else's efforts. It's
>> like free play.
>
> Seems like a total waste of time to me. If he was sincere about
> "advocating" something then spamming one newsgroup with thousands of
> posts each month isn't the most effective way to do it.
>
He is preoccupied with simply presenting a blizzard of information that he
sees as supportive of his beliefs. I myself prefer to look at individual
trees rather than a forest, so I generally agree with your assertion.
However, these articles do serve a purpose for launching a counterpoint and
so are ever so much more useful than many of the postings here that merely
complain that some writer is a pawn of Microsoft as if that conclusion
addresses the point being raised.
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