Politics vs Science (Rant vs. Merit) was Re: [brlug-general]Microsoft ... UNIX services... Cool!! not.

[Dustin Puryear]

Precisely! And well said.

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> Subject: Politics vs Science (Rant vs. Merit) was Re: [brlug-
> general]Microsoft ... UNIX services... Cool!! not.
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> My point is that instead of ranting about the
> _politics_ of the Microsoft vs. Linux debate, I think
> our time would be better spent in comparing the
> technological merits of Microsoft vs. Linux. There
> seems to be a lot of uninformed ranting (I should know
> as a previous rantee) about Micro$oft that seems to me
> to stem from a faddish, political nature within a
> large section of the Linux community.
> 
> I think the Linux community in general could take a
> lesson from the  *BSD crowd and just concentrate on
> making better software. That's the way to compete.
> Leave the marketing and politics to Micro$oft.
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