On 2007-08-21, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Like you, I used to flirt with some trolls whose past (as in history) in this
> newsgroup I did not know. Examples included Larry Qualig. I later realised
> how silly that was. You're offending the wrong person here.
I call them like I see them Roy. The good the bad and the crazy.
My opinion is that people with way over the top paranoia just
hurt the Linux cause. Outsiders make fun of them and real Linux
advocates get upset because these kind of people/posts just
further the reputation the Linux community has for being
tin foil types.
There is even a cartoon series about it:
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.11.26.101258.24.html
His comment about me not choosing a side which means I am on
the wrong side says it all.
If you don't agree with a zealot, you are branded a troll.
I really don't care one way or the other because it is he
that looks like a fool.
Consider this, a person stumbling into this group for the first
time. What will this person think when he starts reading all
of these conspiracy theories, boycott this that and the other
thing, the hate for freespire/linspire, novel, zen etc.
What will they think when they see a person posting
messages claiming there is no such thing as intellectual
property and how companies should give away their proprietary
knowledge for the good of the world?
They are going to think this group and the Linux community
are out out their minds, that's what they are going to think.
While some of this stuff may have merit, ODF for example,
the hate and narrow minded attitudes that spew forth from
some of the so called Linux advocates is shameful and
does nothing positive for Linux.
That's my opinion.
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