__/ [ TheLetterK ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 05:36 \__
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 03:19:58 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ TheLetterK ] on Wednesday 31 May 2006 02:26 \__
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 May 2006 20:35:10 -0400, Ana Thema wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 30 May 2006 16:56:13 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Linux Computing at MIT
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | MIT has a thriving Linux community. Their support groups are
>>>>> | efficient and encouraging. And they satisfy the needs of specialized
>>>>> | research oriented applications with Athena. They are a model of how a
>>>>> | university-sized Linux user community, can be managed.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6236/5/
>>>>
>>>> The Linux crew at MIT are a bunch of ugly,
>>>> "hidden-at-the-end-of-the-hallway" geeks.
>>>>
>>>> The BSD bunch, now there's a different story.
>>>
>>> Yeah, they're the geeks "hidden at the end of the maze behind the
>>> closet".
>>
>> Bemused as you may feel, these are the people who have tremendous impact
>> on science and technology. Soon enough, the GNU movement from
>> Massachusetts will take over, too.
>
> It was a jab at BSD's growing irrelevance, nothing personal or anti-OSS.
Yes, I know. This was primarily directed at the troll, whom I never reply.
Ironically, many of these trolls are not at all different than those who
they describe as 'geeks'.
Best wishes,
Roy
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