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Re: [News] Linux Brings Parallel Computing to Mainstream

  • Subject: Re: [News] Linux Brings Parallel Computing to Mainstream
  • From: yttrx@xxxxxxxxx (yttrx)
  • Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:32:48 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:48:40 +0000, Tim Smith wrote:
> 
>> In article <pan.2006.07.30.18.02.31.134183@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kier wrote:
>>>> Why is he doing it?
>>> 
>>> It's called ADVOCACY. You know, that thing we're supposed to be doing
>>> here? 
>> 
>> Microsoft stock prices have nothing to do with Linux advocacy.  Nor does how
>> Microsoft accountants handle stock options.  Nor does the failure of someone
>> doing a speech recognition demo to use a noise cancelling microphone.  Nor
>> does children learning to use a computer by inputing data to a spreadsheet
>> that happens to be Excel.  Nor do posts that take a problem common to
>> Windows and Linux and omit any mention that Linux has the problem, making it
>> look like that Linux has an advantage in that area.
> 
> You could try pointing out that stuff in response to Roy's posts (not all
> of which may indeed be as relevant as I would wish). Then it might
> generate some discussion.
> 
> Roy may allow his enthusiasm to run away with him from time to time. Yet
> he's been depicted as some sort of monster by certain unpleasant
> individuals, and attacked in a disgraceful manner which is wholly
> unjustified. That seems not to bother you.
> 
> 

I never called him a monster.  

You're way, way too sensitive, and like roy, you take usenet way, way
too seriously.

You should work on that.




-----yttrx


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