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Re: ESR on the Anti-Linux Microsoft Campaigns (Halloween Documents)

* Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:

> In article <wjJsk.16223$XB4.14763@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I always thought that was a given?
>> >
>> > Notice how whenever Schestowitz is confronted with facts, or by people who
>> > are more knowledgeable about a particular subject than he is, the usual
>> > method he employs is to attack, discredit and then run from the thread.
>> 
>> I've never seen Roy make a personal attack on someone.
>> 
>> Discredit, maybe.
>
> You don't consider accusing people of accepting bribes for their 
> technical opinions to be a personal attack?

Who knows?  If you have a quote, I'd be happy to give my opinion.  But
I'm not sure I can trust your characterizations here, or that you're
providing all the necessary context to understand it.

Based on what I've seen, Roy is a gentle puppy dog compared to some of
his "opposition".

> That could only be considering discrediting, rather than a personal 
> attack, if he had actual evidence.  And no, the fact that their 
> technical opinions disagree with him is not evidence.

Sounds like what you (or is it Erik) try to imply about Rob Sutor and
others.

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