If C. Smith was on the Users list (I've seen no evidence of that yet) then it would be a problem. However, being on the Discuss list, I don't believe that it's a problem warranting him being thrown out. I do think his idiocy is rather funny, though.
On 10/29/05, Andrew Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:20051028200137.GH4077 > @mclink.it <http://mclink.it>: > > > In the last year C. Smith has repeatedly annoyed many other members of > > this list. Apart from (lack of) good manners, he has consistantly > > demonstrated ignorance of basic IT and industry policy concepts, > > regardless of how many times they have been proven to him with > > objective data, with a determination that can only be explained by: > > > > 1) serious mental disability, or > > 2) deliberate trolling > > > > I think Chad should stay, for three reasons. The first is that he's not > the only person showing a stubborn and apparently deliberate inability to > comprehend their opponents' points. It is a characteristic both of > mailing lists in general, and geeks, if I may use the term, in > particular. See the brilliant paper on "tact filters" at > http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/tact.html > > Secondly, and selfishly, if he goes someone else will have to take up the > position of microsoft realist, and I fear it will be me. I agree with > every word he said in his rant about how many people tell outrageous lies > about Microsoft and its software -- for another example, look at the > shitstorm on George Ou's Ziff Davies blog after he pointed out that Calc > is about *136 times* slower to load spreadsheets than Excel. This is a > fact. It is freely admitted by our own engineers. It has something to do > with the inefficiencies of OOo's own coding, and something to do with the > inherent inefficiencies of XML. Yet there are hundreds of messages > denouncing him for "spreading Microsoft FUD" and similar things. > Inconvenient facts are not enemy propaganda. > > Thirdly -- let's keep a sense of proportion. This is a mailing list. It > achieves nothing. It's recreational typing. If individuals want to > killfile him, that's fine, and probably a prerequisite for sanity. I have > a killfile of my own which works so well I have forgotten who is in it. > But announcing that he is to be expelled from it is just silly. > > -- > Andrew Brown > The email in the header does not work. > Contact details and possibly useful macros from > http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
