On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:59:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ 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.
The trouble is, 7 discredits any message he carries. I would have far more
respect for him if he dropped the stupid babytalk crap and advocated like
a normal, sane person. Until then, he has no chance.
--
Kier
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