____/ Mark S Bilk on Thursday 20 March 2008 11:25 : \____
> On Mar 20, 1:36 am, a Linux advocate wrote:
>> ... It is disgusting that people feel the need to start a smear
>> campaign like this. Naturally this is done by windows lovers.
>> Nobody else is so low on the evolution ladder.
>
> Most people who use MS-Windows are as evolved as anyone else
> (although usually not well informed on computer matters). They are
> in fact our prospective (non-paying) _customers_, i.e., Linux users
> to be. So please don't insult them. Remember -- they visit this
> newsgroup to learn about Linux and open-source software, and
> to get started they need the help of people already using it.
> That's us!
>
> On the other hand, the robotically programmed non-people who are
> doing the smear campaigns, personal attacks, and floods of lies
> against GNU/Linux on behalf of Microsoft are _not_ typical Windows
> users. They are sociopaths -- people who harm others for sadism
> or monetary rewards. They have no conscience, no morality,
> no concern for the wellbeing of anyone but themselves. They want
> us to attack normal Windows users, as that will put off those users
> from trying Linux. Don't do what the sociopaths want you to do.
Yes, I agree. No user can be accused of anything and patient advice is the only
way to go. I still see people who are put off by elitist users in Linux IRC
rooms -- those who haven't desire to help and _yes_... some of those people
too are there to elevate their ego (maybe inferiority complex).
It's important to place the blame with those who are responsible for the lies,
the briberies and other form of misconduct. And yes, it exists indeed. Loads
of it... some employees in Microsoft are genuinely good people, but their name
gets ruined by a group that characterises itself as "the gang", accepts
nothing other than itself (remember Amnesty Bins for iPods?) and even talks
about "holy wars" against rivals like "f*ckin Google".
I once chatted with Matt Asay about this because neither of us think that
Microsoft can ever change. The core is just filled with poison. It's like a
mafia at the grain, surrounded by peasants, many of whom code overseas.
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