Everyone, this thread is getting a bit out of hand. The thread is officially ended. Take it offline. If anyone posts to this thread after 10:30 AM they will be suspended from the list for one week.
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baudouin, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: RE: [brlug-general] [Paul Ferris: RANT_MODE=1] This Christmas, gi ve the gift that doesn't keep on taking ... >> A fine line indeed. Especially when one is the apparent target of the >> pejorative description.... > > Would it make you feel any better if I called you a virulent fanatic? Then > would your outrage be any more justified? > >> You jumped to a conclusion in response to my post making a fairly large > >> logical leap in the process; I suspect you didn't read the URL I was >> > >> responding to. Besides, if the above tasks were as easy as you are > > > > implying in this statement, then geekly assistance wouldn't be needed.... > > Fair enough. The tasks are not difficult at all. They require patience > and > a willingness to spend some time learning, which I know my family members > have none of when it comes to computers. > >>What intrigues me is that you are absolutely convinced that yours is the >>only correct point of view here. That anyone else who has a different >>point of view and has had a different experience is just wrong. That >>anyone who doesn't believe as you do that Linux is "too hard" is >>apparently >>fooling themselves. You are not even remotely open to the concept that > non->experienced users are able to comfortably use Linux. You do not > believe it >can be done with currently available software so anyone who > can > provide >empirical evidence demonstrating otherwise cannot be believed, is > a >>"fanboy", or is engaging in "virulent fanaticism" > > I am convinced that mine is the only correct point of view, because > personal > experience with friends and family bear that out. Perhaps it is due to > other psychological factors, such as my parents hating computers due to > the > amount of time I spent on them as a child rather than doing other things > they would have rather I done... > > I don't think it is "too hard" for everyone; once again, I use it as a > primary computing platform. When I bring up actual deficiencies with > certain of the automated GUI frontends/scripts, I am told to "get coding". > Is this a solution for anyone with problems? Are we all expected to > submit > patches so that we can have a working OS? > > Again, the "virulent fanaticism" is not the advocacy of Linux, rather it > is > the refusal to help family members who use Windows. I will stand by that > until the day I die. > >> Pot. Kettle. Black > > Fine. > -- > Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" > gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
