On Thursday 28 April 2005 11:09, Shane wrote: > 1) Good ideas withstand scrutiny.
... and there is a place and a time for that scrutiny. > We choose Linux because it's better and > we know it. Seeing the presentation and hearing the arguments shows we > choose Linux because we know the alturnatives and not because of dogma. We > nor Linux can be hurt by a presentation. no, but first time comers to a Linux User's Group meeting can be put off by the rather subtle mischaracterizations that made up the bulk of Barnaby's presentation. > 2) Know your adversaries. Let's hear the FUD to better refute it later. that's why several of us went the MS presentations. there's no need to give additional audience to that FUD. > 3) We won the "argument" MS versus FOSS years ago. Everybody else is just > catching on. This doesn't have to be a debate. of course. unfortunately, MS doesn't see it that way. this was well evidenced by the presentation on Tuesday. > 4) Let's put a stake in the heart of the "overbearing linux euthusiast" > myth. We'll show that Linux users "hear both sides." there's a fine line between being self assured and acts of machismo. ;) -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43
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