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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 2557710.qk35OSZvha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/6/11
> 7:49 AM:
>
>>>>>>> Because Linux is amazing and many of the projects based on it are
>>>>>>> incredible. I would love to see Linux on the desktop gain quality and
>>>>>>> growth.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you dislike Linux, why roam here?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do not dislike Linux.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> You spell a lot of time discrediting it and its proponents.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I discredit the idea that the status quo is ideal and that the low user
>>>>> base is because of almost exclusively external things. This is not only
>>>>> not true, it is poor advocacy - it is dishonest. Desktop Linux offers
>>>>> some amazing things, esp. given its lack of price - but some in COLA
>>>>> pretend it is in the same league as other more common desktop solutions
>>>>> and would work as well for the general user - and there is simply no
>>>>> evidence for that.
>>>>>
>>>> I think you should find another hobby. What you do here is akin to
>>>> infiltrating religious forums to tell people in there that they are idiots.
>>>> you're not going to achieve anything.
>>>
>>> Interesting you would equate the "advocates" with those who believe things
>>> on religious (faith-based) grounds. Quite apt, I think.
>>
>> You can reverse the analogy to mean, "religious fanatic coming to atheistic
>> forums (to be mocked and disrupt)." I instead chose an analogy you can better
>> relate to.
>
> I am here, largely, to promote better and more honest Linux advocacy.
Thanks for the concern, but no thanks. What are you, a coach?
> I see
> this as a fine forum for doing so.
It's not. It's about the *benefits* of Linux.
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