thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Larry Qualig <lqualig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> but generally he checks his data thoroughly,
>>
>> Complete bullshit. He spams 100's of messages each week. He doesn't
>> check shit and he's even admited that he doesn't have time to check
>> his posts. Now you're the liar.
>
> Roy is acting as a news aggregator, not a journalist. The expectation
Even worse. Cut and pasting other peoples work. Mostly "off
charter". People here know where to go for Microsoft news ....
> of thorough fact checking and editorial review is misplaced. The
> fact checking and such is more the role of the COLA community. This
> is a forum after all, not The New York Times. His posts serve as the
> seeds of discussion. Yes, he sometimes screws up a title or a
> summary. You may even disagree with some of his personal commentary.
> But I've never seen him purposefully lie (that I can tell) and I find
> his posts mostly appropriate for this group.
You need to read more of them. He constantly attributes wrongly and
misleads the casual reader.
>
>>> and he knows the field.
>> He doesn't know shit. He's a child who lives in a dorm room that's
>> still supported by mommy and daddy. He's never had a job, family, home
>> and has yet to pay taxes or earn enough to support himself. Perhaps
>> compared to *you* he's experienced and knows something but to most of
>> us here, he's a pathetic little child who's starving for attention.
>
> I don't typically jump in the middle of these sorts of personal
> mud slinging festivals, but what the heck.
>
> All I really know about Roy is what I've read here or on his website.
> Yes, he is a student... a PhD student with some solid academic
> accomplishments and published papers. He is obviously a supporter of
> open source software and is active in the community. His ability to
> sustain that level of activity while doing the PhD grind indicates to
> me that he is a motivated and capable person. When he gets out in
> the big scary 'real world' of which you speak, I'm sure he will do
> just fine.
>
> His opinions of the technology world are no doubt colored by his open
> source idealism, and perhaps they will shift with post-school 'real
> world' experience, or perhaps not. It is usually those people with
> deep convictions (often ridiculed as naive) that charge ahead and bring
> change. The future belongs to those with the courage and motivation
> to act on their ideals, to shape the world into what they believe it
> can be.
>
> Is Roy such a person? I have no idea. I do know, however, that if
> Linux ever does take over the desktop, it wont be through the efforts
> of the people who sat silent on the sidelines believing that nothing
> will ever change.
No. It will be down to reasonable, directed people who dont come across
as complete and utter idiots with some sort of secret agenda. People
dont want to hear that their current set up is "shit" or "rubbish" -
they use it just fine and are happy with it. What needs to be done is to
*advocate* Linux as a better alternative - not just sling mud at MS.
--
They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.
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