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Re: A quote from talk.origins

  • Subject: Re: A quote from talk.origins
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:40:50 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Netscape
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__/ [ cc ] on Saturday 21 April 2007 22:42 \__

> On Apr 21, 7:08 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> __/ [ spi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 20 April 2007 12:58 \__
>>
>> > cc <scatnu...@xxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> >> This phrase Linux zealot was coined for nothing.
>>
>> > Thanks for admitting that.
>> > WE knew it was the truth from the start. The true zealots in this
>> > newsgroup are the microsofties.
>>
>> I said this elsewhere in a similar context, but the word zealot has a very
>> negative connotation that's associated with criminals and terrorists.
>> Shills like Rob Enderle repeatedly stick this label (stereotype) to Linux
>> users. Cancer, communism, etc.
>>
> 
> I guess it does have negative connotation, but no one is comparing an
> unhealthy obsession with an operating system with criminals and
> terrorists.

Digital freedom is not an operating system (it is not a product either). For
people in the field of technology, the right to compete in a fair market and
innovate is important. Have a look at the EFF Web site and see how it
impacts a large variety of aspects in life.

-- 
                ~~ With kind regards

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