On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:24:43 -0500, Oliver Wong wrote:
>> I got a kick out of
>> "Oliver Wong's" accusation that his Ubuntu system crashes constantly (and
>> therefore he would like others to conclude that Linux is a failure.)
>
> You mis-read, or mis-remembered, my post, and thus misunderstood two
> things:
>
> 1. I never said that Ubuntu crashes (let alone constantly). I said that
> I have problems for which the only solution I know of is to reboot the
> machine:
>
> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/9c0ef454f7876e85
> <quote>
> I have to reboot my Linux boxes much more
> frequently than my Windows boxes; sometimes I'll reboot the Linux box 4-5
> times a day[*], contrast with a once every couple of months with my XP
> boxes, barring updates. So this has led me to conclude that "stability"
> might not actually be dependent on the OS so much as it might be dependent
> on the user.
> </quote>
>
> 2. I would NOT like others to conclude that Linux is a failure. I've
> repeatedly stressed in that post that all the problems I've encountered with
> Ubuntu are likely due to my own inexperience.
>
> http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/9c0ef454f7876e85
> <quote>
> I'm just very inexperienced with Linux, and very
> experienced with Windows. I subconsciously know what to avoid in Windows to
> cause it to hang (e.g. installating talking purple monkeys), whereas I'm
> just blundering around randomly in Linux. And when something doesn't work in
> Windows, I know how to fix it, whereas in Linux, my toolbox contains little
> more than "try quitting all apps", "try logging off all users", "try
> rebooting", and "try google".
> </quote>
>
> Please don't misrepresent my words.
>
> - Oliver
He did neither.....
He understood full well what you were saying because it is concise and
crystal clear to anyone who can read.
Even him.
He is trying to discredit you.
It's a common tactic used in COLA when they don't have the smarts to
debate.
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