Wow, Will. That was very well written and remarkably reserved, given that I consider you the king of Linux zealots on the BRLUG mailing list. ;)
John --- Will Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
