__/ [ Ruel Smith ] on Sunday 16 July 2006 17:54 \__
> Roy Schestowitz spewed this vial garbage:
>
> <snip>
>
>> I bet the OP will not get very far making an argument in the professional
>> world. "It's ugly and geeky" doesn't quite make a case.
>
> What has that got to do with anything? If he's a casual computer user and
> isn't so eloquent what does that matter? He still has an opinion and it
> counts. It doesn't matter if everyone else agrees or not. This was a rather
> rude, elitist, and pathetic attempt at discounting his opinion...
I appreciate your view on this, Ruel, but please also see
Brad's reply, followed by that of William. The headers could
indicate that the poster seeks to stir something up and
upset participants of this group. In two messages, he
composed nothing more than half a dozen lines (IIRC). This
case of laziness or reluctance to give more details leads to
unproductive discussions. It still looks like flamebait to
me. A classic one, too.
> You know, some of you really come down hard on Flatfish, Tab, and others,
> but I think they have a case about how just arrogant and blind some of you
> are.
Sadly, some of the Linux advocates in this group (I will
refrain from naming names) have fallen victim to the trolls
who poisoned them against Rex. Some of the vile things that
Gary Stewart (yes, that flat fish from the Hamptons) has
done to more enthusiastic advocates is inexcusable. It's
rather disgusting as a matter of fact. On a less personal
and behavioural level, his critique of GNU/Linux is baseless
as, in his words, his software-side experience stops at
"Hello World".
I will take this opportunity to further defend Rex. Some of
the correspondences on his site come to prove his
involvement in real influential debates <
http://www.open4success.org/Olnews/ >. Unfortunately, many
choose to take the easy(ier) route and discard, discredit,
and even ridicule him. You only play in the hands of those
who seek to do nothing but destroy this community (yes, it's
more of a community NG as non-community NG's soon become
dormant).
Here's something that I have just come up in a quick Google
for "rex ballard". If his opinion was decent enough for
InformationWeek to present, then it's good enough for me.
http://www.informationweek.com/833/opensource.htm
Best wishes,
Roy
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