__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 12 July 2006 22:22 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 12 July 2006 14:23 \__
>>
>>> This is a very interesting article. I sent the link to Ed Montogomery,
>>> the Toronto school teacher whose Linux lab was trashed.
>>
>> Good move. I hope you sent him both links although the latter links to the
>> former.
>>
>> After all this media commotion, I think he is likely to get his lab back.
>> Some people wrote to the authorities, too. If I recall correctly, I got
>> not just one but *two* articles about this to the front page of Digg. I
>> also noticed the comment left by Ed back in 2004 (thank you, Bailo, for
>> pointing at it), wherein he speaks of years of uptime. "looking forward to
>> many more years for painless computer classes", he summarised (not an
>> exact quote).
>>
>> By the way, I sent the E-mail to Steven, per your suggestion (also sent
>> you an E-mail as a blind carbon copy). FWIW, here it is (quite sloppy to
>> be honest)...
>>
>>
>> Dear Steven,
>>
>> Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a long-time Linux advocate and
>> the person behind many of PJ's news items in Groklaw. I also syndicate
>> and read your site regularly, frequently submitting pointers to
>> Digg.com, which earn you traffic from the front page.
>>
>> I came across your write-up on Jim's (a friend/colleague?) article in
>> eWEEK < http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1983364,00.asp >. I must
>> admit that I was slightly disappointed to find no skepticism in your
>> analysis/post-mortem. Let me begin by presenting an article that was
>> published as recently as this afternoon:
>>
>> Sybase And IBM Set Transaction Processing Record For Linux
>>
>
> <snip several cola quotes>
>
> An interesting approach, Roy - let's see what comes back. It's quite
> fascinating to review cola debates and see that, when we remove the
> trolls, it's remarkably intelligent and well considered.
Steven will publish fragments of our discussion in an article later this
week. This includes the comments made by others, inclosing yourself, Jim
R.,and mlw. He did not object to me quoting it here.
And, yes. I agree that the discussions here have become productive. If you
disable your filters you will see the latest personal attack on me (courtesy
of Gary), which only comes to prove it all.
Best wishes,
Roy
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