On Friday 17 December 2004 10:59 am, Baudouin, Andrew wrote: > That's just great. That is definitely NOT in the spirit of Christmas...to > deny support for anyone who uses Windows...especially a family member. > > This kind of virulent fanaticism is what turns off people from GNU/Linux. > Frankly, I'm ashamed. > > Andrew Baudouin > Applications Programmer > AWC, Incorporated > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You should be ashamed but never for what other people do. You have posted on a Linux Users Group to: - called people names because they don't know how to fix Windows. This basically insults everyone here. - told everyone they should spend Christmas doing Microsoft tech support instead of having a nice time with their family. - advocate everyone here be a Windows expert and that this is the best way to promote free software. - "educate" everyone to buy the latest and greatest Microsoft junk. - ignorantly insult free software as impossible to use and not for newbies. - do all of the above repeatedly, despite numerous factual corrections. You might as well have told a group of mechanics who build custom electric cars that their mom's should all drive Yugos and that they should spend their Christmas dropping a big ugly engine. The purpose of the BRLUG is: "The Baton Rouge Linux User Group's (BRLUG) mission is to advocate the use of Linux both in the home and the enterprise, to support the existing base of Linux users in the city of Baton Rouge, and to have a great time." While it looks like many of the members had fun correcting you, I have to wonder what you were trying to achieve by doing all of the above. It looks like you are advocating Microsoft usage. If you think that "fanboys" and "zealots" are hurting the free software cause, do you think that your recommendations will help? Do you really think I'm going to drive free software use by telling people things that I know are not true such as that it's impossible to use, insecure and that they are better off with a Mac or Microsoft? Will my spending all of my free time and money keeping up with the latest Microsoft tricks help free software? I can't imagine myself telling my mom that she needs to go out and spend a few hundred dollars on new versions of Microsoft software.
