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Re: [News] Mainstream Press is Apathetic and Prejudiced Against GNU/Linux

Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Kier on Sunday 30 December 2007 12:52 : \____
> 
>> On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:57:35 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> 
>>> ____/ Kier on Saturday 29 December 2007 23:57 : \____
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:22:51 +0000, 7 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Net Nanny Kier wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:42:32 +0000, 7 wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Kier wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:44:21 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ____/ Kier on Saturday 29 December 2007 17:40 : \____
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:28:55 +0000, 7 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Linux is show shipping 1 million new desktops per month and selling
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> YOu still haven't shown any proof of this.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>> It's a very reasonable estimate. Eee PCs alone sold about 200,000 per
>>>>>>>>> month.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I heard 175,000. Whichever it is, it's pretty good news, I agree. But 7
>>>>>>>> has been saying this for ages without any evidence. When anyone asks,
>>>>>>>> he just spews more babytalk.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> That's a number of /new/ Linux PCs you can't just sneeze at.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But where have the rest come from? A million a month is a very large
>>>>>>>> figure,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Because?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Because it is, idiot.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Says who?
>>>> 
>>>> Weren't you supposed to have plonked me?
>>> 
>>> Kerala alone is the home of about 30 million people. Kerala will become a
>>> GNU/Linux state.
>> 
>> Perhaps, in time. Which would be nice.
>> 
>>> 
>>> That's just Kerala. It isn't even an entire country. Remember all those
>>> Russian schools, Kier? How about those other nations where schools move to
>>> GNU/Linux?
>> 
>> Again, that's good. Did I ever say otherwise? But what's any of that got
>> to do with that insufferable twit 7 replying to someone (me) he says he's
>> plonked?
> 
> Yes, but blame the messenger, not the message.
> 

He's just trolling you, Roy.  It won't matter what you say, he'll find
something to argue with.


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